Description
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC HMI Basic Panels 2nd Generation (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V16), SIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions <= V16), SIMATIC HMI Mobile Panels (All versions <= V16), SIMATIC HMI Unified Comfort Panels (All versions <= V16). Affected devices insufficiently block excessive authentication attempts. This could allow a remote attacker to discover user passwords and obtain access to the Sm@rt Server via a brute-force attack.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected products
- Siemens / SIMATIC HMI Basic Panels 2nd Generation (incl. SIPLUS variants)All versions < V16 – All versions < V16
- Siemens / SIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels (incl. SIPLUS variants)All versions <= V16 – All versions <= V16
- Siemens / SIMATIC HMI Mobile PanelsAll versions <= V16 – All versions <= V16
- Siemens / SIMATIC HMI Unified Comfort PanelsAll versions <= V16 – All versions <= V16