VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-6028

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL

EPSS probability2.25%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2017-06-30

Last modified2026-06-17

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

Description

An Insufficiently Protected Credentials issue was discovered in Schneider Electric Modicon PLCs Modicon M241, all firmware versions, and Modicon M251, all firmware versions. Log-in credentials are sent over the network with Base64 encoding leaving them susceptible to sniffing. Sniffed credentials could then be used to log into the web application.

Weakness classification

CWE-522: Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Primary references

ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov — Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource