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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2018-7812

High
7.5/10

Summary

An Information Exposure through Discrepancy vulnerability exists in the embedded web servers in all Modicon M340, Premium, Quantum PLCs and BMXNOR0200 where the web server sends different responses in a way that exposes security-relevant information about the state of the product, such as whether a particular operation was successful or not.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published