RCE in Wago Pfc200
CVE-2019-5168
An exploitable command injection vulnerability exists in the iocheckd service ‘I/O-Check’ function of the WAGO PFC 200 version 03.02.02(14). An attacker can send a specially crafted XML cache file At 0x1e8a8 the extracted domainname value from the xml file is used as an argument to /etc/config-tools/edit_dns_server domain-name=<contents of domainname node> using sprintf().This command is later executed via a call to system().
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.013 (69.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 69.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Wago Pfc200
- Wago Pfc200 Firmware — versions 03.02.02\(14\), 03.02.02(14)
- Wago Pfc200 Firmware — versions version 03.02.02(14)
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0962 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-5168?
- CVE-2019-5168 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wago Pfc200, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-03-11.
- How severe is CVE-2019-5168?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.