CVE-2016-2298

critical

Published 2016-05-14 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

9.8

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

Meteocontrol WEB'log Basic 100, Light, Pro, and Pro Unlimited allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive cleartext information via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Metasploit modules

auxiliary_scanner/http/meteocontrol_weblog_extractadmin rank 300

Meteocontrol WEBlog Password Extractor

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
meteocontrol	web\'log_basic_100	`-`
meteocontrol	web\'log_light	`-`
meteocontrol	web\'log_pro	`-`
meteocontrol	web\'log_pro_unlimited	`-`

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.