What is CVE-2018-9279?

CVE-2018-9279 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Eaton 9px Ups, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2018-10-24.

How severe is CVE-2018-9279?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Eaton 9px Ups

CVE-2018-9279

An issue was discovered on Eaton UPS 9PX 8000 SP devices. The appliance discloses the user's password. The web page displayed by the appliance contains the password in cleartext. Passwords could be retrieved by browsing the source code of the webpage.

EPSS: 0.010 (60.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Eaton 9px_ups
Eaton 9px_ups_firmware
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-9279?: CVE-2018-9279 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Eaton 9px Ups, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2018-10-24.
How severe is CVE-2018-9279?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.