# CVE-2019-5149: Denial of service in WAGO PFC100 Firmware

> An attacker can cause a denial of service on WAGO PFC controllers by exhausting limited FastCGI processes in the default web server configuration.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:** 10 Mar 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g23p-pfjq-33rc

## What is CVE-2019-5149?

CVE-2019-5149 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in WAGO PFC100 Firmware, published on 10 Mar 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The WBM web application on firmwares prior to 03.02.02 and 03.01.07 on the WAGO PFC100 and PFC2000, respectively, runs on a lighttpd web server and makes use of the FastCGI module, which is intended to provide high performance for all Internet applications without the penalties of Web server APIs. However, the default configuration of this module appears to limit the number of concurrent php-cgi processes to two, which can be abused to cause a denial of service of the entire web server. This affects WAGO PFC200 Firmware version 03.00.39(12) and version 03.01.07(13), and WAGO PFC100 Firmware version 03.00.39(12) and version 03.02.02(14).

Weakness: CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5149?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Wago Pfc100 Firmware, Wago Pfc200 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-5149?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5149 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-5149 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5149 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in WAGO PFC100 Firmware

- [CVE-2019-5082](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5082/): Memory corruption in WAGO PFC100 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-5134](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5134/): Auth bypass in WAGO PFC100 Firmware (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2019-5135](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5135/): Information disclosure in WAGO PFC100 Firmware (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-5149 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-5149 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in WAGO PFC100 Firmware, published on 10 Mar 2020. 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-2019-5149 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: WAGO PFC100 Firmware. 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-2019-5149/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5149/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5149
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5149
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-5149

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