CVE-2021-3252

7.5 HIGH

KACO New Energy XP100U Up to XP-JAVA 2.0 is affected by incorrect access control

Published: 2021-02-23 · Last updated: 2026-06-17

Severity and scoring

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE: CWE-522

Affected products

Vendor	Product
kaco-newenergy	xp100u_firmware

Description

KACO New Energy XP100U Up to XP-JAVA 2.0 is affected by incorrect access control. Credentials will always be returned in plain-text from the local server during the KACO XP100U authentication process, regardless of whatever passwords have been provided, which leads to an information disclosure vulnerability.

Source: NVD

References

[NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3252
[Exploit reference]https://tiger-team-1337.blogspot.com/2021/01/kaco-xp100u-hmi-credential-leak.html
[Other]https://twitter.com/Kevin2600/status/1351189347501023238
[Other]https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/alerts/ICS-ALERT-15-224-01
[Exploit reference]https://tiger-team-1337.blogspot.com/2021/01/kaco-xp100u-hmi-credential-leak.html
[Other]https://twitter.com/Kevin2600/status/1351189347501023238
[Other]https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/alerts/ICS-ALERT-15-224-01

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