What is CVE-2019-16673?

CVE-2019-16673 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Weidmueller Ie-Sw-Pl08m-6tx-2sc, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-12-06.

How severe is CVE-2019-16673?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

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

CVE-2019-16673

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. Passwords are stored in cleartext and can be read by anyone with access to the device.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (65.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-23.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 65.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

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-2019-16673?: CVE-2019-16673 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Weidmueller Ie-Sw-Pl08m-6tx-2sc, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-12-06.
How severe is CVE-2019-16673?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.