Emerson Smart Wireless Gateway version 1420 4.6.59 suffers from a missing authentication vulnerability.
f4383b4494618118e801eaa7561f9a69Title: Missing access controls
Product: Emerson Smart Wireless Gateway
Vendor Homepage: http://emerson.com
Vulnerable Version: 1420 4.6.59
CVE Number: CVE-2020-19419
Authors: Harsha Bhat, Anish Mitra and Unmesh Guragol
Timeline:
2019-08-02 Disclosed to the vendor
2019-08-22 Vendor confirmed that the vulnerability was identified
internally and a fix was released in the latest version of firmware
1. Vulnerability Description
Incorrect Access Control in Emerson Smart Wireless Gateway 1420 4.6.59
allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (device log files)
on the administration console.
2. PoC
The PoC explained below is to obtain device logs without authentication.
The following requests will retrieve device log files stored on the device.
Access the following URL without authenticating into the administrator
console:
https://192.168.0.1/servlet/hartserver.txt
3. Solution
The vendor provides an updated version of firmware which should be
installed immediately.
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