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.

EPSS: 0.020 (78.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-307 — Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

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.