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CVE-2018-16672

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-09-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

An issue was discovered in CIRCONTROL CirCarLife before 4.3. Due to the storage of multiple sensitive information elements in a JSON format at /services/system/setup.json, an authenticated but unprivileged user can exfiltrate critical setup information.

Affected products

• Circontrol Circarlife Scada: before 4.3 — fixed in 4.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Circontrol Circarlife Scada 4.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/SadFud/Exploits/tree/master/Real%20World/Suites/cir-pwn-life
• 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/

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