🛡️ CVE-2023-49251
🟠 CVSS 8.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-639 NVD
8.8
CVSS Score
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Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC CN 4100 (All versions < V2.7). The "intermediate installation" system state of the affected application allows an attacker to add their own login credentials to the device. This allows an attacker to remotely login as root and take control of the device even after the affected device is fully set up.

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-639
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-01-09
Updated 2026-06-08
Modified 2025-12-16

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
simatic-cn-4100-firmware 2.7

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