CVE-2018-13811
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) (All Versions < V15.1).
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.24%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) (All Versions < V15.1). Password hashes with insufficient computational effort could allow an attacker to access to a project file and reconstruct passwords. The vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker with local access to the project file. No user interaction is required to exploit the vulnerability. The vulnerability could allow the attacker to obtain certain passwords from the project. At the time of advisory publication no public exploitation of this vulnerability was known.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.24% probability · 15th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-916, CWE-200
- Affected
- siemens/simatic step 7 \(tia portal\)
- Source
- productcert@siemens.com
EPSS 0.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105926Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-621493.pdfVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105926Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-621493.pdfVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.