What is CVE-2019-12549?

CVE-2019-12549 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Wago 852-1305, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-06-17.

How severe is CVE-2019-12549?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Wago 852-1305

CVE-2019-12549

WAGO 852-303 before FW06, 852-1305 before FW06, and 852-1505 before FW03 devices contain hardcoded private keys for the SSH daemon. The fingerprint of the SSH host key from the corresponding SSH daemon matches the embedded private key.

EPSS: 0.033 (87.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-12549?: CVE-2019-12549 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Wago 852-1305, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-06-17.
How severe is CVE-2019-12549?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.