CVE-2013-4859 details a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the INSTEON Hub 2242-222 and its firmware, where both the web interface and API lack proper authentication mechanisms. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.1) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts with high attack complexity. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB (EDB-27284), though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2242-222CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:insteon:hub_firmware:2242-222:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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