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CirCarLife <4.3 - Improper Authentication

ID: CVE-2018-16670

Severity: medium

Author: geeknik

Tags: cve,cve2018,scada,plc,iot,disclosure,edb,circarlife,circontrol

Description

Section titled “Description”

CirCarLife before 4.3 is susceptible to improper authentication. A PLC status disclosure exists due to lack of authentication for /html/devstat.html. An attacker can obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized operations.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2018-16670


info:
  name: CirCarLife <4.3 - Improper Authentication
  author: geeknik
  severity: medium
  description: CirCarLife before 4.3 is susceptible to improper authentication. A PLC status disclosure exists due to lack of authentication for /html/devstat.html. An attacker can obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized operations.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade CirCarLife to version 4.3 or higher to fix the improper authentication issue.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45384
    - https://github.com/SadFud/Exploits/tree/master/Real%20World/Suites/cir-pwn-life
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45384/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16670
    - https://github.com/20142995/sectool
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5.3
    cve-id: CVE-2018-16670
    cwe-id: CWE-287
    epss-score: 0.00169
    epss-percentile: 0.53916
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:circontrol:circarlife_scada:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: circontrol
    product: circarlife_scada
  tags: cve,cve2018,scada,plc,iot,disclosure,edb,circarlife,circontrol


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/services/user/values.xml?var=STATUS"


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "CirCarLife Scada"


      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "<values><variable><id>"
          - "Reader.STATUS"
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100bdf37e40424aa0676283b682e0ac4d1b1e5377c2b7d627521f91ebad811aa8c302201392f669d3cda14e681d09b44187955d2e081a6b4c7b457da7305f3bfd1a439e:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2018/CVE-2018-16670.yaml"

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