WellinTech KingSCADA Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data
WellinTech KingSCADA 3.0 uses a cleartext base64 format for storage of passwords in user.db, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading this file.
- Published
- May 9, 2012
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.8% · 54th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-311
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Report tools
Action score
28
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 28 / 40 · 7.1 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.8%
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 7.1
- CNA · icscert
- 7.1
- agree
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| wellintech | kingview | cpe:2.3:a:wellintech:kingview |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- wellintech kingview3.0
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (icscert). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
WellinTech KingSCADA
- 3.0affected
Same product
wellintech: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2012-4711Buffer overflow in kingMess.exe 65.20.2003.10300 in WellinTech KingView 6.52, kingMess.exe 65.20.2003.10400 in KingView 6.53, and kingMess.e58Plan
- CVE-2011-3142Stack-based buffer overflow in an ActiveX control in KVWebSvr.dll in WellinTech KingView 6.52 and 6.53 allows remote attackers to execute ar52Plan
- CVE-2011-0406Heap-based buffer overflow in HistorySvr.exe in WellinTech KingView 6.53 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long reques46Plan
- CVE-2012-1831Heap-based buffer overflow in WellinTech KingView 6.53 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet to TCP port 5545Plan
- CVE-2011-4536Heap-based buffer overflow in nettransdll.dll in HistorySvr.exe (aka HistoryServer.exe) in WellinTech KingView 6.53 and 65.30.2010.18018 all43Plan
- CVE-2012-1832WellinTech KingView 6.53 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted p42Plan
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- Independent researchers Alexandr Polyakov and Alexey SintsovDSecRG identified an unsecure password encryption vulnerability in WellinTech KingSCADA application.finder
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
If successful
- Confidentiality
- C · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Attack complexity
- M
- Confidentiality impact
- C
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-311 · Missing Encryption of Sensitive DataCVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Sniffing AttacksCAPEC-157Medium
- Sniffing Network TrafficCAPEC-158Medium
- Lifting Sensitive Data Embedded in CacheCAPEC-204Medium
- Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP CookiesCAPEC-31likelihood: High · High
- Retrieve Embedded Sensitive DataCAPEC-37likelihood: High · Very High
- Harvesting Information via API Event MonitoringCAPEC-383Low
- Application API Message Manipulation via Man-in-the-MiddleCAPEC-384Low
- Transaction or Event Tampering via Application API ManipulationCAPEC-385Medium
Noroxi analysis
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References
- www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-12-129-01
- dsecrg.com/pages/vul/show.php?id=405
- www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-129-01.pdf
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.