Vulnerability · Published Aug 9, 2023 · Assigned by CERTVDE
CVE-2023-37859PHOENIX CONTACT: Improper Privilege Management in WP 6xxx Web panels
High 7.2
In plain English
A high-severity privilege mismanagement in WP 6070-WVPS from PHOENIX CONTACT. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 59% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.2High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 41.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| PHOENIX CONTACT | WP 6070-WVPS | 0 – before 4.0.10 |
| PHOENIX CONTACT | WP 6101-WXPS | 0 – before 4.0.10 |
| PHOENIX CONTACT | WP 6121-WXPS | 0 – before 4.0.10 |
| PHOENIX CONTACT | WP 6156-WHPS | 0 – before 4.0.10 |
| PHOENIX CONTACT | WP 6185-WHPS | 0 – before 4.0.10 |
| PHOENIX CONTACT | WP 6215-WHPS | 0 – before 4.0.10 |
Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H