# CVE-2019-15069: An unsafe authentication interface was discovered in Smart Battery A4

> An attacker can bypass authentication on the Smart Battery A4 to gain unauthorized web management privileges.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Sep 2019
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h55v-q2qg-8h8m

## What is CVE-2019-15069?

CVE-2019-15069 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Gigastone Smart Battery A4, published on 25 Sep 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An unsafe authentication interface was discovered in Smart Battery A4, a multifunctional portable charger, firmware version ?<= r1.7.9 . An attacker can bypass authentication without modifying device file and gain web page management privilege.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-15069?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Gigastone Smart Battery A4 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-15069?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-15069 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-15069 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-15069 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Gigastone Smart Battery A4

- [CVE-2019-15068](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15068/): A broken access control vulnerability discovered in Smart Battery A4 (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-15069 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-15069 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Gigastone Smart Battery A4, published on 25 Sep 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-15069 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Gigastone Smart Battery A4. 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-2019-15069/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15069/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15069
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15069
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-15069

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15069/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.