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CVE-2022-35413
published 2022-09-13

CVE-2022-35413: WAPPLES through 6.0 has a hardcoded systemi account. A threat actor could use this account to access the system configuration and confidential information…

PriorityP183critical9.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
ITWEXPLOITVulnCheck KEV
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
12.48%
95.7th percentile
WAPPLES through 6.0 has a hardcoded systemi account. A threat actor could use this account to access the system configuration and confidential information (such as SSL keys) via an HTTPS request to the /webapi/ URI on port 443 or 5001.

Affected

1 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
pentasecuritywapples4.0.54.1 – 6.0.0

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

urlPOST /webapi/auth HTTP/1.1
path/webapi/
port443
port5001
path/opt/penta/wapples/script/wcc_auto_scaling.py
otherusername=systemi&password=db/wp.no1
cookieWP_SESSID=
  • Shodan/FOFA fingerprint for exposed WAPPLES instances: search for HTTP title 'Intelligent WAPPLES' or 'intelligent wapples'.
  • Attack uses a POST to /webapi/auth with Content-Type application/x-www-form-urlencoded and hardcoded credentials id=systemi&password=db/wp.no1.
  • ·Hardcoded credentials (systemi / db/wp.no1) are embedded in the WAPPLES configuration script; the password is not user-changeable in affected versions ≤6.0.
  • ·The vulnerability is exploitable over HTTPS on both standard port 443 and the management port 5001; both should be monitored/restricted.

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vulncheck9.8CRITICAL
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