Linear Emerge 50p FirmwareOperating system · Nortekcontrol

CVE-2019-7270

HIGH · 8.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2019-07-02
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 4.6.07 or later.
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95/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Linear eMerge 50P/5000P devices allow Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF).

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability in Linear eMerge 50P/5000P access control devices allows attackers to trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions on the device's web interface, potentially compromising building security systems.

MitigationImplement anti-CSRF tokens and validation for all state-changing requests in the web application; verify the device firmware has been updated to a version that includes CSRF protection mechanisms.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Linear Emerge 50p FirmwareOperating system
Affected:<= 4.6.07
Linear Emerge 5000p FirmwareOperating system
Affected:<= 4.6.07

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify device model
    Log into the web interface of the access control device and navigate to the System Information or About page to confirm the device is a Linear eMerge 50P or 5000P.
    Affected if The device model is not a Linear eMerge 50P or 5000P.
  2. Check firmware version
    In the device web interface, locate the firmware version information typically found under Settings, System, or About sections. Compare the displayed version number against 4.6.07.
    Affected if The installed firmware version is 4.6.07 or lower.
  3. Inspect web forms for CSRF protection
    Use a browser developer tool to examine the HTML source code of state-changing forms (such as user management, door configuration, or system settings). Check if each form includes a unique anti-CSRF token as a hidden input field.
    Affected if The forms do not contain anti-CSRF token fields or the tokens are not validated server-side.
  4. Verify token validation behavior
    Submit a state-changing request (such as adding a test user or modifying a door schedule) without including the expected token parameter and observe whether the request is rejected.
    Affected if The request succeeds without a valid token, indicating CSRF protection is not enforced.

You are affected if your device is a Linear eMerge 50P or 5000P running firmware version 4.6.07 or lower, and the web interface forms lack anti-CSRF token validation.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 4.6.07
Interim mitigation

Implement anti-CSRF tokens and validation for all state-changing requests in the web application; verify the device firmware has been updated to a version that includes CSRF protection mechanisms.

Fix this in Linear Emerge 50p Firmware Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing4.0 h
  • Review / QA3.0 h
19.0 hours of engineering $3,380
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