An issue was discovered in Carlo Gavazzi VMU-C EM prior to firmware Version A11_U05, and VMU-C PV prior to firmware Version A17.

published 2017-02-13 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-14255

cvss: 7.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 9.3%; EPSS 9.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits: 1; Metasploit

An issue was discovered in Carlo Gavazzi VMU-C EM prior to firmware Version A11_U05, and VMU-C PV prior to firmware Version A17. Sensitive information is stored in clear-text.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-17-012-03 updated 2017-01-12 cvss 7.5

Carlo Gavazzi VMU-C EM and VMU-C PV

Carlo Gavazzi VMU-C EM < A11_U05 Carlo Gavazzi VMU-C PV < A17
affected: vendor fix, mitigation “The relevant firmware versions are available either by means of the firmware update function embedded in the VMU-C or by downloading them from Carlo Gavazzi's web site. Please open the link:”

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

9.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

Metasploit auxiliary/scanner/http/gavazzi_em_login_loot Carlo Gavazzi Energy Meters - Login Brute Force, Extract Info and Dump Plant Database metasploit auxiliary, normal rank

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

n/a Carlo Gavazzi VMU-C EM and VMU-C PV

Classification

Weakness

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

securityfocus.com /bid/95411
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
ics-cert.us-cert.gov /advisories/ICSA-17-012-03
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-5146
NVD CVE-2017-5146

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Summary