Privilege escalation in Phoenix Contact Wp 6070-Wvps
CVE-2023-37859
In PHOENIX CONTACTs WP 6xxx series web panels in versions prior to 4.0.10 the SNMP daemon is running with root privileges allowing a remote attacker with knowledge of the SNMPv2 r/w community string to execute system commands as root.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (57.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 57.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Phoenix Contact Wp 6070-Wvps — versions 0
- Phoenix Contact Wp 6101-Wxps — versions 0
- Phoenix Contact Wp 6121-Wxps — versions 0
- Phoenix Contact Wp 6156-Whps — versions 0
- Phoenix Contact Wp 6185-Whps — versions 0
- Phoenix Contact Wp 6215-Whps — versions 0
- Phoenixcontact Wp 6070-Wvps
- Phoenixcontact Wp 6070-Wvps Firmware
- Phoenixcontact Wp 6101-Wxps
- Phoenixcontact Wp 6101-Wxps Firmware
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cert.vde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2023-018/ (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-37859?
- CVE-2023-37859 is a high-severity vulnerability in Phoenix Contact Wp 6070-Wvps, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2023-08-09.
- How severe is CVE-2023-37859?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-37859 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.