CVE-2018-16669
An issue was discovered in CIRCONTROL Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP) before 1.5.0, as used in...
An issue was discovered in CIRCONTROL Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP) before 1.5.0, as used in CirCarLife, PowerStudio, and other products. Due to storage of credentials in XML files, an unprivileged user can look at /services/config/config.xml for the admin credentials of the ocpp and circarlife panels.
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
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in CIRCONTROL Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP) before 1.5.0, as used in CirCarLife, PowerStudio, and other products. Due to storage of credentials in XML files, an unprivileged user can look at /services/config/config.xml for the admin credentials of the ocpp and circarlife panels.
- Record
CVE-2018-16669- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in CIRCONTROL Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP) before 1.5.0, as used in CirCarLife, PowerStudio, and other products. Due to storage of credentials in XML files, an unprivileged user can look at /services/config/config.xml for the admin credentials of the ocpp and circarlife panels.
- Record
CVE-2018-16669- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-8471 No score
An issue was discovered in CIRCONTROL Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP) before 1.5.0, as used in CirCarLife, PowerStudio, and other products. Due to storage of credentials in XML files, an unprivileged user can look at /services/config/config.xml for the admin credentials of the ocpp and circarlife panels.
- Record
EUVD-2018-8471- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8wpj-9jr6-rmg3
An issue was discovered in CIRCONTROL Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP) before 1.5.0, as used in...
An issue was discovered in CIRCONTROL Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP) before 1.5.0, as used in CirCarLife, PowerStudio, and other products. Due to storage of credentials in XML files, an unprivileged user can look at /services/config/config.xml for the admin credentials of the ocpp and circarlife panels.
- Record
GHSA-8wpj-9jr6-rmg3- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-16669 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Circontrol Open Charge Point Protocol, published September 18, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.14%, the 82nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.