What is CVE-2018-16670?

CVE-2018-16670 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Circontrol Circarlife_scada, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-09-18.

How severe is CVE-2018-16670?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-16670 known to be exploited?

5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Circontrol Circarlife_scada

CVE-2018-16670

An issue was discovered in CIRCONTROL CirCarLife before 4.3. There is PLC status disclosure due to lack of authentication for /html/devstat.html.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.246 (97.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Circontrol Circarlife_scada
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16670?: CVE-2018-16670 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Circontrol Circarlife_scada, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-09-18.
How severe is CVE-2018-16670?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-16670 known to be exploited?: 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.