AVTECH Room Alert 3E Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere (CVE-2019-13379)

high Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 505323

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

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.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 505323

File Name: tenable_ot_avtech_CVE-2019-13379.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 4/17/2026

Updated: 4/17/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-13379

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:avtech:room_alert_3e_firmware

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/AVTECH

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/7/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/7/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-13379

CWE: 668

Detections

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