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CVE-2019-13379

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-07-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-668

Description

On AVTECH Room Alert 3E devices before 2.2.5, an attacker with access to the device's web interface may escalate privileges from an unauthenticated user to administrator by performing a cmd.cgi?action=ResetDefaults&src=RA reset and using the default credentials to get in.

Affected products

• AVTECH Room Alert 3E Firmware: before 2.2.5 — fixed in 2.2.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: AVTECH Room Alert 3E Firmware 2.2.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://jordonlovik.wordpress.com/2019/07/06/roomalert-by-avtech-critical-vulnerability-disclosure/
• https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2019-0010
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1PY7kMFkVg
• https://jordonlovik.wordpress.com/2019/07/06/roomalert-by-avtech-critical-vulnerability-disclosure/
• https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2019-0010
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1PY7kMFkVg

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