What is CVE-2018-5471?

CVE-2018-5471 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Belden Hirschmann M1-8mm-Sc, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2018-03-06.

How severe is CVE-2018-5471?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Belden Hirschmann M1-8mm-Sc

CVE-2018-5471

A Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information issue was discovered in Belden Hirschmann RS, RSR, RSB, MACH100, MACH1000, MACH4000, MS, and OCTOPUS Classic Platform Switches. A cleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability in the web interface has been identified, which may allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information through a successful man-in-the-middle attack.

EPSS: 0.010 (58.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-319 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

References

ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Mitigation)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5471?: CVE-2018-5471 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Belden Hirschmann M1-8mm-Sc, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2018-03-06.
How severe is CVE-2018-5471?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.