CVE-2017-17691 describes a critical vulnerability in Homeputer CL Studio fur HomeMatic 4.0 Rel 160808 and earlier, where client-server communication transmits usernames and passwords in cleartext. This flaw allows remote attackers to intercept sensitive authentication credentials through man-in-the-middle attacks. With a CVSS score of 8.1 (High), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, despite requiring high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:contronics:homeputer_cl_studio_fur_homematic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.