CVE-2018-12979
Weak permissions allow an authenticated user to overwrite critical files by abusing the unrestricted file upload in the WBM.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 7.8%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
An issue was discovered on WAGO e!DISPLAY 762-3000 through 762-3003 devices with firmware before FW 02. Weak permissions allow an authenticated user to overwrite critical files by abusing the unrestricted file upload in the WBM.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 7.78% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 13 July 2018
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-732
- Affected
- wago/762-3000 firmware · wago/762-3001 firmware · wago/762-3002 firmware · wago/762-3003 firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 7.8% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jul/38Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://cert.vde.com/en-us/advisories/vde-2018-010Third Party Advisory
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-198-02Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45014/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.sec-consult.com/en/blog/advisories/remote-code-execution-via-multiple-attack-vectors-in-wago-edisplay/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wago.com/medias/SA-WBM-2018-004.pdf?context=bWFzdGVyfHJvb3R8MjgyNzYwfGFwcGxpY2F0aW9uL3BkZnxoMWUvaDg4LzkzNjE3NTIxOTUxMDIucGRmfDU1NmJkYjEzNDY0ZGU4OWQ1OTMyMjUwNTlmZTI0MzgwNDQ1MDY1YzU3OWRmZDk1NzYzODAwMDI3ODg1NDJlZjUThird Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jul/38Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://cert.vde.com/en-us/advisories/vde-2018-010Third Party Advisory
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-198-02Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45014/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.sec-consult.com/en/blog/advisories/remote-code-execution-via-multiple-attack-vectors-in-wago-edisplay/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wago.com/medias/SA-WBM-2018-004.pdf?context=bWFzdGVyfHJvb3R8MjgyNzYwfGFwcGxpY2F0aW9uL3BkZnxoMWUvaDg4LzkzNjE3NTIxOTUxMDIucGRmfDU1NmJkYjEzNDY0ZGU4OWQ1OTMyMjUwNTlmZTI0MzgwNDQ1MDY1YzU3OWRmZDk1NzYzODAwMDI3ODg1NDJlZjUThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.