What is CVE-2019-14930?

CVE-2019-14930 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Inea Me-Rtu, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-10-28.

How severe is CVE-2019-14930?

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

Vulnerability in Inea Me-Rtu

CVE-2019-14930

An issue was discovered on Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V. ME-RTU devices through 2.02 and INEA ME-RTU devices through 3.0. Undocumented hard-coded user passwords for root, ineaadmin, mitsadmin, and maint could allow an attacker to gain unauthorised access to the RTU. (Also, the accounts ineaadmin and mitsadmin are able to escalate privileges to root without supplying a password due to insecure entries in /etc/sudoers on the RTU.)

Published 2019-10-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.023 (83.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 83.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

www.mogozobo.com/ (Third Party Advisory)
www.mogozobo.com/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14930?: CVE-2019-14930 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Inea Me-Rtu, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-10-28.
How severe is CVE-2019-14930?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.