VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-7842

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability35.04%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-05-22
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

A CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing vulnerability exists in all versions of the Modicon M580, Modicon M340, Modicon Quantum, and Modicon Premium which could cause an elevation of privilege by conducting a brute force attack on Modbus parameters sent to the controller.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

Primary references