CVE-2019-13553 is a critical vulnerability affecting the Rittal Chiller SK 3232-Series web interface, built on Carel pCOWeb firmware. It stems from hard-coded credentials, allowing unauthenticated attackers to gain full control over the cooling unit's operations, including turning it on/off and adjusting temperature settings. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, posing a severe risk of complete compromise to the affected systems. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media attention, indicating awareness of its potential impact.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= a1.5.3, <= b1.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:carel:pcoweb_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.