Resource exhaustion in Wago Pfc100

CVE-2019-5149

The WBM web application on firmwares prior to 03.02.02 and 03.01.07 on the WAGO PFC100 and PFC2000, respectively, runs on a lighttpd web server and makes use of the FastCGI module, which is intended to provide high performance for all Internet applications without the penalties of Web server APIs. However, the default configuration of this module appears to limit the number of concurrent php-cgi processes to two, which can be abused to cause a denial of service of the entire web server. This affects WAGO PFC200 Firmware version 03.00.39(12) and version 03.01.07(13), and WAGO PFC100 Firmware version 03.00.39(12) and version 03.02.02(14).

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.018 (77.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5149?
CVE-2019-5149 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wago Pfc100, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-03-11.
How severe is CVE-2019-5149?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.