CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2018-7811

Modicom M340 Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
3.5%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
An Unverified Password Change vulnerability exists in the embedded web servers in all Modicon M340, Premium, Quantum PLCs and BMXNOR0200 which could allow an unauthenticated remote user to access the change password function of the web server
Affected vendor
Schneider Electric
Affected product
Modicom M340 Firmware
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-640 — Weak Password Recovery Mechanism
Published
2018-11-30

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-7811

  • Confirm whether Schneider Electric Modicom M340 Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-7811.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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