CVE-2019-6525

HIGH 8.8CVE-2019-6525 · Published 11/04/2019 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2019-6525 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting wonderware system platform (aveva).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.3%, higher than 71.3% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2017 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
wonderware system platform aveva	`= 2017< 2017`	`2017`

Description

AVEVA Wonderware System Platform 2017 Update 2 and prior uses an ArchestrA network user account for authentication of system processes and inter-node communications. A user with low privileges could make use of an API to obtain the credentials for this account.

References

ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-19-029-03 · Third Party Advisory
sw.aveva.com/hubfs/assets-2018/pdf/security-bulletin/SecurityBulletin_LFSec135.pdf · Vendor Advisory

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