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CVE-2019-6525

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-04-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-522

Description

AVEVA Wonderware System Platform 2017 Update 2 and prior uses an ArchestrA network user account for authentication of system processes and inter-node communications. A user with low privileges could make use of an API to obtain the credentials for this account.

Affected products

• AVEVA Wonderware System Platform: before 2017; 2017, 2017-update_1, 2017-update_2 — fixed in 2017

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: AVEVA Wonderware System Platform 2017. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-19-029-03
• https://sw.aveva.com/hubfs/assets-2018/pdf/security-bulletin/SecurityBulletin_LFSec135.pdf
• https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-19-029-03
• https://sw.aveva.com/hubfs/assets-2018/pdf/security-bulletin/SecurityBulletin_LFSec135.pdf

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