CVE-2018-7301 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in eQ-3 AG HomeMatic CCU2 devices running firmware version 2.29.22, allowing unauthenticated access to an open XML-RPC port. This flaw enables attackers to send arbitrary XML-RPC requests, gaining full control over connected BidCos devices. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and 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), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.29.22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:eq-3:homematic_central_control_unit_ccu2_firmware:2.29.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
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.