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CVE-2019-15799 json

An issue was discovered on Zyxel GS1900 devices with firmware before 2.50(AAHH.0)C0.

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-6718

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered on Zyxel GS1900 devices with firmware before 2.50(AAHH.0)C0. User accounts created through the web interface of the device, when given non-admin level privileges, have the same level of privileged access as administrators when connecting to the device via SSH (while their permissions via the web interface are in fact restricted). This allows normal users to obtain the administrative password by running the tech-support command via the CLI: this contains the encrypted passwords for all users on the device. As these passwords are encrypted using well-known and static parameters, they can be decrypted and the original passwords (including the administrator password) can be obtained.

Patch / fix

  • zyxel gs1900-8_firmware 2.50\(aahh.0\)c0
  • zyxel gs1900-8hp_firmware 2.50\(aahi.0\)c0
  • zyxel gs1900-10hp_firmware 2.50\(aazi.0\)c0
  • zyxel gs1900-16_firmware 2.50\(aahj.0\)c0
  • zyxel gs1900-24e_firmware 2.50\(aahk.0\)c0
  • zyxel gs1900-24_firmware 2.50\(aahl.0\)c0
  • zyxel gs1900-24hp_firmware 2.50\(aahm.0\)c0
  • zyxel gs1900-48_firmware 2.50\(aahn.0\)c0
  • zyxel gs1900-48hp_firmware 2.50\(aaho.0\)c0

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Exploit prediction

2.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • jasper.la https://jasper.la/exploring-zyxel-gs1900-firmware-with-ghidra.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • vimeo.com https://vimeo.com/354726424 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

Sources

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