Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in WAGO e!COCKPIT - CVE-2019-5106

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Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in WAGO e!COCKPIT - CVE-2019-5106

Published: March 18, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU26165
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5106
CWE-ID: CWE-327
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: WAGO
Affected software:
WAGO e!COCKPIT

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain access to sensitive information on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to the affected products use a weak cryptographic algorithm in the authentication functionality. A local attacker with access to communications between e!Cockpit and CoDeSyS Gateway can recover the password of any user attempting to log in, in plain text.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-5106

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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