# CVE-2019-10915: Missing authorization in TIA Administrator

> Local attackers can execute application commands without authentication in Siemens TIA Administrator, compromising system confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Jul 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pvc7-g7m2-hrpc

## What is CVE-2019-10915?

CVE-2019-10915 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Siemens AG TIA Administrator, published on 11 Jul 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been identified in TIA Administrator (All versions < V1.0 SP1 Upd1). The integrated configuration web application (TIA Administrator) allows to execute certain application commands without proper authentication. The vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker with local access to the affected system. Successful exploitation requires no privileges and no user interaction. An attacker could use the vulnerability to compromise confidentiality and integrity and availability of the affected system. At the time of advisory publication no public exploitation of this security vulnerability was known.

Weakness: CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10915?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Siemens Sinetplan, Siemens Tia Administrator.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-10915?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-10915 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-10915 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10915 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Siemens TIA administrator Tool RCE (github_poc): https://github.com/jiansiting/CVE-2019-10915

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-10915 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-10915 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Siemens AG TIA Administrator, published on 11 Jul 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10915 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Siemens AG TIA Administrator. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10915/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10915/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-10915
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10915
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-10915

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