CVE-2019-5106 Hardcoded credentials in WAGO e!Cockpit
An attacker can recover user passwords in plain text due to a hard-coded encryption key in WAGO e!Cockpit authentication.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-5106?
CVE-2019-5106 is a medium-severity vulnerability in WAGO e!Cockpit, published on 10 Mar 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A hard-coded encryption key vulnerability exists in the authentication functionality of WAGO e!Cockpit version 1.5.1.1. An attacker with access to communications between e!Cockpit and CoDeSyS Gateway can trivially recover the password of any user attempting to log in, in plain text.
Weakness: CWE-798
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5106?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wago E\!cockpit.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5106?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5106 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-5106 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5106 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in WAGO e!Cockpit
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f98g-j2jx-44x5.