01 Record

CVE-2019-15745

The Eques elf smart plug and the mobile app use a hardcoded AES 256 bit key to encrypt the commands and responses between the device and the app. The communication happens over UDP port 27431. An

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

The Eques elf smart plug and the mobile app use a hardcoded AES 256 bit key to encrypt the commands and responses between the device and the app. The communication happens over UDP port 27431. An

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 1.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 71.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2019-08-29 12:40Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 00:56Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2019-08-28

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-798Use of Hard-coded CredentialsBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

42bafc6313730f5f581c0df11532997143f30bfbe4eb855686429ef5ff729f35

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

equeshomeelf_smart_plugNot specified—

equeshomeelf_smart_plug_firmwareNot specified—

06 References

www.ckn.iohttps://www.ckn.io/blog/2019/08/27/exploiting-the-eques-elf-smart-plug-part-one/x_refsource_MISC
www.ckn.iohttps://www.ckn.io/blog/2019/08/27/exploiting-the-eques-elf-smart-plug-part-two/x_refsource_MISC
www.ckn.iohttps://www.ckn.io/blog/2019/08/27/exploiting-the-eques-elf-smart-plug-part-three/x_refsource_MISC
www.ckn.iohttps://www.ckn.io/blog/2019/08/27/exploiting-the-eques-elf-smart-plug-part-four/x_refsource_MISC
github.comhttps://github.com/iamckn/equesx_refsource_MISC