What is CVE-2019-16670?

CVE-2019-16670 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Weidmueller Ie-Sw-Pl08m-6tx-2sc, classified under Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-12-06.

How severe is CVE-2019-16670?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Weidmueller Ie-Sw-Pl08m-6tx-2sc

CVE-2019-16670

An issue was discovered on Weidmueller IE-SW-VL05M 3.6.6 Build 16102415, IE-SW-VL08MT 3.5.2 Build 16102415, and IE-SW-PL10M 3.3.16 Build 16102416 devices. The Authentication mechanism has no brute-force prevention.

Published 2019-12-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.020 (80.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-23.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 80.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-307 — Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

References

cert.vde.com/en-us/advisories (Third Party Advisory)
cert.vde.com/en-us/advisories/vde-2019-018 (Third Party Advisory)
mdcop.weidmueller.com/mediadelivery/asset/900_102694 (Vendor Advisory)
www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-19-339-02 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16670?: CVE-2019-16670 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Weidmueller Ie-Sw-Pl08m-6tx-2sc, classified under Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-12-06.
How severe is CVE-2019-16670?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.