Hard-coded credentials in WAGO e!COCKPIT
Priority LOW 36CWE-798Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-798.
Summary
An exploitable firmware downgrade vulnerability exists in the firmware update package functionality of the WAGO e!COCKPIT automation software v1.6.1.5. A specially crafted firmware update file can allow an attacker to install an older firmware version while the user thinks a newer firmware version is being installed. An attacker can create a custom firmware update package with invalid metadata in order to trigger this vulnerability.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01143 66th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-5158
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9jpm-926g-xmv9
References
More WAGO E!cockpit vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-03615 Exposure of resource to wrong sphere in WAGO e!COCKPIT CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2019-03566 Cleartext transmission of sensitive information in WAGO e!Cockpit CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2019-03565 Hard-coded credentials in WAGO e!Cockpit CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
Sources
- CVE-2019-5158 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-5158 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9jpm-926g-xmv9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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