CVE-2019-6518

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

Description

Moxa IKS and EDS store plaintext passwords, which may allow sensitive information to be read by someone with access to the device.

CWE-256 CWE-311

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.25%probability of exploitation in 30 days

67thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 67% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2024-28736	High	7.1	2.5%	-	-
CVE-2019-10921	High	7.5	2.4%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-16714	Critical	9.8	2.4%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-26165	High	8.8	1.9%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-8183	High	7.5	1.9%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-6961	Critical	10.0	1.6%	-	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2019-6518?

No published fix for CVE-2019-6518 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

Is CVE-2019-6518 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2019-6518 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.2% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 67% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2019-6518?

CVE-2019-6518 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.