Cross-site request forgery in Siemens SCALANCE M875
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering, Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352 and CWE-79.
Summary
A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE M875 (All versions). The web interface on port 443/tcp could allow a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack if an unsuspecting user is tricked into accessing a malicious link. Successful exploitation requires that the attacker has access to the web interface of an affected device. The attacker must be authenticated as administrative user on the web interface. Afterwards, a legitimate user must access the web interface. A successful attack could allow an attacker to execute malicious code in the browser of a legitimate user. At the time of advisory publication no public exploitation of this security vulnerability was known.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siemens | SCALANCE M875 | SCALANCE M875 All versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- SCALANCE M875 VendorSiemens Affected SCALANCE M875 All versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-11448
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g2w7-2wmm-w74m
References
More Siemens Scalance M875 Firmware vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-08172 Stack-based buffer overflow in Siemens SCALANCE M875 CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2018-03436 OS command injection in Siemens SCALANCE M875 CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.2
- TI-2018-03435 OS command injection in Siemens SCALANCE M875 CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.2
- TI-2018-08174 Cross-site scripting in Siemens SCALANCE M875 CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2018-03437 Path traversal in Siemens SCALANCE M875 CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 4.9
Sources
- CVE-2018-11448 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-11448 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g2w7-2wmm-w74m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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