CVE-2016-8366
Webvisit in Phoenix Contact ILC PLCs offers a password macro to protect HMI pages on the PLC against casual or coincidental opening of HMI pages by the user.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 5.7%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
Webvisit in Phoenix Contact ILC PLCs offers a password macro to protect HMI pages on the PLC against casual or coincidental opening of HMI pages by the user. The password macro can be configured in a way that the password is stored and transferred in clear text.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.3 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- EPSS
- 5.71% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 11 October 2018
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-312, CWE-255
- Affected
- phoenixcontact/ilc plcs firmware
- Source
- ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov
EPSS moved from 7.2% on 21 September 2026 to 5.7% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94163Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-313-01Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45586/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94163Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-313-01Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45586/
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