CVE-2023-37859
HighCVSS 7.2Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk46th percentile - higher than 46% of all known CVEs
Summary
In PHOENIX CONTACT's 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.
Risk Assessment
An attacker could gain full control over the system, posing a serious security threat to the organization.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update the panels to version 4.0.10 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.
Other vulnerabilities in PHOENIX CONTACT WP 6xxx series web panels
See all- CVE-2023-3572Critical
In PHOENIX CONTACT's WP 6xxx series web panels in versions prior to 4.0.10, a remote, unauthenticated attacker may use an attribute of a specific HTTP POST request related to date/time operations to gain full access to the device.
- CVE-2023-37864High
In PHOENIX CONTACT's WP 6xxx series web panels in versions prior to 4.0.10, a remote attacker with SNMPv2 write privileges may use a special SNMP request to gain full access to the device.
- CVE-2023-37863High
In PHOENIX CONTACT's WP 6xxx series web panels in versions prior to 4.0.10, a remote attacker with SNMPv2 write privileges may use a special SNMP request to gain full access to the device.
- CVE-2023-37862High
In PHOENIX CONTACT's WP 6xxx series web panels in versions prior to 4.0.10, an unauthenticated remote attacker can access upload-functions of the HTTP API. This might cause certificate errors for SSL-connections and might result in a partial denial-of-service.
- CVE-2023-37861High
In PHOENIX CONTACT's WP 6xxx series web panels in versions prior to 4.0.10, an authenticated remote attacker can execute code with root permissions with a specially crafted HTTP POST when uploading a certificate to the device.
- CVE-2023-37860High
In PHOENIX CONTACT's WP 6xxx series web panels in versions prior to 4.0.10, a remote unauthenticated attacker can obtain the r/w community string of the SNMPv2 daemon.
- CVE-2023-37858Medium
In PHOENIX CONTACT's WP 6xxx series web panels in versions prior to 4.0.10, an authenticated remote attacker with admin privileges can read hardcoded cryptographic keys, allowing them to decrypt an encrypted web application login password.
- CVE-2023-37857Low
In PHOENIX CONTACT's WP 6xxx series web panels in versions prior to 4.0.10, an authenticated remote attacker with admin privileges can read hardcoded cryptographic keys, allowing the attacker to create valid session cookies.
- CVE-2023-37856Medium
In PHOENIX CONTACT's WP 6xxx series web panels in versions prior to 4.0.10, a remote attacker with low privileges can gain limited read-access to the device-filesystem through a configuration dialog within the embedded Qt browser.
- CVE-2023-37855Medium
In PHOENIX CONTACT's WP 6xxx series web panels in versions prior to 4.0.10, a remote attacker with low privileges can gain limited read-access to the device-filesystem within the embedded Qt browser.
Original NVD description (English source)
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.