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high 7.5

CVE-2019-6518 json

Moxa IKS and EDS store plaintext passwords, which may allow sensitive information to be read by someone with access to the device.

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-16077

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Moxa IKS and EDS store plaintext passwords, which may allow sensitive information to be read by someone with access to the device.

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Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSA-19-057-01 updated cvss 7.5

Moxa IKS, EDS (Update A)

  • Moxa EDS-405A series <= 3.8 Moxa EDS-408A series <= 3.8 Moxa EDS-510A series <= 3.8 Moxa IKS-G6824A series <= 5.6
    affected: mitigation “Install firmware patch. Patches may be requested from Moxa Customer Service (login required):” moxa.com

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

1.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/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

  • ICS-CERT Moxa IKS, EDS

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-256 Plaintext Storage of a Password
  • CWE-311 Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

References

Sources

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