CVE-2019-13379
CWE-668Published: July 7, 2019· Updated: Jun 17, 2026
Official Description
On AVTECH Room Alert 3E devices before 2.2.5, an attacker with access to the device's web interface may escalate privileges from an unauthenticated user to administrator by performing a cmd.cgi?action=ResetDefaults&src=RA reset and using the default credentials to get in.
Technical Analysis
CVE-2019-13379 can be exploited remotely over the network without requiring physical or adjacent access, significantly expanding the attack surface for threat actors.
Exploitation requires low privileges, which limits the exposure to scenarios where an attacker has already gained initial access.
A successful exploit results in complete confidentiality breach (data exposure), full integrity compromise (data manipulation), availability disruption (denial of service), with a CVSS base score of 8.8.
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Recommended Actions
- →Apply vendor patches immediately
- →Monitor CVE-2019-13379 in threat intel feeds
- →Review IDS/IPS signatures for exploitation attempts