What is CVE-2017-17691?

CVE-2017-17691 is a high-severity vulnerability in Contronics Homeputer Cl Studio Fur Homematic, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-09-07.

How severe is CVE-2017-17691?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Contronics Homeputer Cl Studio Fur Homematic

CVE-2017-17691

Homeputer CL Studio fur HomeMatic 4.0 Rel 160808 and earlier uses cleartext to exchange the username and password between server and client instances, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a man in the middle attack.

EPSS: 0.010 (60.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Contronics Homeputer_cl_studio_fur_homematic
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Mitigation)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17691?: CVE-2017-17691 is a high-severity vulnerability in Contronics Homeputer Cl Studio Fur Homematic, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-09-07.
How severe is CVE-2017-17691?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.