Heatmiser Wifi Thermostat 1.7 networkSetup.htm credentials storage

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A vulnerability was found in Heatmiser Wifi Thermostat 1.7. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file networkSetup.htm. Performing a manipulation results in credentials storage. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2018-25396. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Heatmiser Wifi Thermostat 1.7. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the file networkSetup.htm. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials storage vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-256. Storing a password in plaintext may result in a system compromise. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Heatmiser Wifi Thermostat 1.7 contains a credential disclosure vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to retrieve administrative credentials by accessing the networkSetup.htm page. Attackers can request the networkSetup.htm endpoint and extract plaintext username and password values from HTML form fields to gain administrative access to the thermostat.

The weakness was shared by d0wnp0ur as 45623. The advisory is shared at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-25396 since 05/29/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1552 for this issue.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:networkSetup.htm it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (45623). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Wireless LAN Software

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• Heatmiser

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• Wifi Thermostat

Version

• 1.7

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