CVE-2018-9161 is a critical vulnerability in Prisma Industriale Checkweigher PrismaWEB 1.21, allowing remote attackers to discover a hardcoded "prisma" password for the "prismaweb" account by accessing a specific JavaScript file. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a low-complexity attack vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) that can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, Nuclei templates exist for detecting this vulnerability, indicating readily available exploit code, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:prismaindustriale:checkweigher_prismaweb:1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.