CVE-2017-5140 describes a critical vulnerability in Honeywell XL Web II controllers, specifically XL1000C500 (XLWebExe-2-01-00 and prior) and XLWeb 500 (XLWebExe-1-02-08 and prior), where passwords are stored in clear text. This flaw carries a CVSS v3.0 score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating that it is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness of its potential impact.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
xlwebexe-1-02-08CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:honeywell:xl_web_ii_controller:xlwebexe-1-02-08:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
xlwebexe-2-01-00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:honeywell:xl_web_ii_controller:xlwebexe-2-01-00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.