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CVE-2016-0871

Eaton Lighting EG2 Web Control 4.04P and earlier allows remote attackers to read the...

7.5 High

Eaton Lighting EG2 Web Control 4.04P and earlier allows remote attackers to read the configuration file, and consequently discover credentials, via a direct request.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

1.52%Up 0.5 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

Eaton Lighting EG2 Web Control 4.04P and earlier allows remote attackers to read the configuration file, and consequently discover credentials, via a direct request.

Record
CVE-2016-0871
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Eaton Lighting EG2 Web Control 4.04P and earlier allows remote attackers to read the configuration file, and consequently discover credentials, via a direct request.

Record
CVE-2016-0871
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-0882 No score

Eaton Lighting EG2 Web Control 4.04P and earlier allows remote attackers to read the configuration file, and consequently discover credentials, via a direct request.

Record
EUVD-2016-0882
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rhcr-99cx-qf7q 7.5

Eaton Lighting EG2 Web Control 4.04P and earlier allows remote attackers to read the...

Eaton Lighting EG2 Web Control 4.04P and earlier allows remote attackers to read the configuration file, and consequently discover credentials, via a direct request.

Record
GHSA-rhcr-99cx-qf7q
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-0871 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Eaton Lighting Systems Eg2 Web Control, published April 6, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.52%, the 74th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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