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CVE-2019-5159

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-03-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-668

Description

An exploitable improper input validation vulnerability exists in the firmware update functionality of WAGO e!COCKPIT automation software v1.6.0.7. A specially crafted firmware update file can allow an attacker to write arbitrary files to arbitrary locations on WAGO controllers as a part of executing a firmware update, potentially resulting in code execution. An attacker can create a malicious firmware update package file using any zip utility. The user must initiate a firmware update through e!COCKPIT and choose the malicious wup file using the file browser to trigger the vulnerability.

Affected products

• WAGO E!Cockpit: 1.6.0.7

References

• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0952
• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0952

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