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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-6545

An unauthenticated remote user could use a specially crafted database connection configuration file to execute an arbitrary process on the server machine.

EXPLOITHIGH 7.5EPSS 13.9%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.9%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

AVEVA Software, LLC InduSoft Web Studio prior to Version 8.1 SP3 and InTouch Edge HMI (formerly InTouch Machine Edition) prior to Version 2017 Update. An unauthenticated remote user could use a specially crafted database connection configuration file to execute an arbitrary process on the server machine.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
13.86% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 11 February 2019
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-99
Affected
aveva/indusoft web studio · aveva/intouch machine edition 2014
Source
ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov
EPSS trend
0%8%15%3 November 2026: 13.86%3 November 20263 November 2026

EPSS 13.9% since 3 November 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.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-46342source ↗Indusoft Web Studio 8.1 SP2 - Remote Code Executionmultiple · Jacob Bainesremote11 February 2019no

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.