What is CVE-2019-15497?

CVE-2019-15497 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Blackbox Icompel, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-08-26.

How severe is CVE-2019-15497?

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

Vulnerability in Blackbox Icompel

CVE-2019-15497

Black Box iCOMPEL 9.2.3 through 11.1.4, as used in ONELAN Net-Top-Box 9.2.3 through 11.1.4 and other products, has default credentials that allow remote attackers to access devices remotely via SSH, HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP.

Published 2019-08-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.029 (86.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

experiencesofasysadmin.wordpress.com/2019/08/23/cve-2019-15497-default-credenti… (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-15497?: CVE-2019-15497 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Blackbox Icompel, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-08-26.
How severe is CVE-2019-15497?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.