CVE-2016-2298 is a critical vulnerability affecting Meteocontrol WEB'log Basic 100, Light, Pro, and Pro Unlimited data loggers, allowing remote attackers to obtain sensitive cleartext information. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, a Metasploit module exists for password extraction, and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness and potential for exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:meteocontrol:web\'log_basic_100:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:meteocontrol:web\'log_light:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:meteocontrol:web\'log_pro:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:meteocontrol:web\'log_pro_unlimited:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/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.