What is CVE-2017-7937?

CVE-2017-7937 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phoenix Contact Gmbh Mguard, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2017-05-19.

How severe is CVE-2017-7937?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Phoenix Contact Gmbh Mguard

CVE-2017-7937

An Improper Authentication issue was discovered in Phoenix Contact GmbH mGuard firmware versions 8.3.0 to 8.4.2. An attacker may be able to gain unauthorized access to the user firewall when RADIUS servers are unreachable.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.007 (49.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Phoenix_contact_gmbh Mguard
Phoenix_contact_gmbh Mguard_firmware — versions 8.3.0, 8.3.1, 8.3.2
N/a Phoenix Contact Gmbh Mguard — versions Phoenix Contact GmbH mGuard

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7937?: CVE-2017-7937 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phoenix Contact Gmbh Mguard, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2017-05-19.
How severe is CVE-2017-7937?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.