Vulnerability · Published May 28, 2024 · Assigned by icscert

CVE-2024-5434Weak Encoding for Password vulnerability in Campbell Scientific CSI Web Server and RTMC

Medium 6.9

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in CSI Web Server and RTMC from Campbell Scientific. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 12% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)6.9Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 87.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Campbell Scientific CSI Web Server stores web authentication credentials in a file with a specific file name. Passwords within that file are stored in a weakly encoded format. There is no known way to remotely access the file unless it has been manually renamed. However, if an attacker were to gain access to the file, passwords could be decoded and reused to gain access.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Campbell Scientific	CSI Web Server and RTMC	CSI Web Server 1.6RTMC 5.0

Weakness: CWE-261 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

References

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-24-149-01 government-resource