Heatmiser Wifi Thermostat 1.7 Credential Disclosure via networkSetup.htm
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-256.
Summary
Heatmiser Wifi Thermostat 1.7 contains a credential disclosure vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to retrieve administrative credentials by accessing the networkSetup.htm page. Attackers can request the networkSetup.htm endpoint and extract plaintext username and password values from HTML form fields to gain administrative access to the thermostat.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-25396
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g2j8-j26j-56qh
References
Exploit 1
More Heatmiser vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-15376 Heatmiser Netmonitor 3.03 - Hardcoded Credentials CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2019-15377 Heatmiser Netmonitor 3.03 - HTML Injection CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.1
- TI-2019-15760 Heatmiser Wifi Thermostat 1.7 Cross-Site Request Forgery CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2018-25396 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-25396 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g2j8-j26j-56qh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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