An issue was discovered in TitanHQ WebTitan before 5.18.

published 2019-12-02 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-8667

cvss: 8.1; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.1%; EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits: 0; none known

An issue was discovered in TitanHQ WebTitan before 5.18. The appliance has a hard-coded root password set during installation. An attacker could utilize this to gain root privileges on the system.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

titanhq webtitan 5.18

Exploit prediction

1.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

write-up.github.io https://write-up.github.io/webtitan/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	9.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization
CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

write-up.github.io /webtitan/
exploit, third-party-advisory
webtitan.com /resources/product-updates/
release-notes, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-19017
NVD CVE-2019-19017

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary