CVE-2018-7846
A CWE-501: Trust Boundary Violation vulnerability on connection to the Controller exists in all versions of the Modicon M580, Modicon M340, Modicon Quantum and Modicon Premium which could cause unauthorized access by conducting a brute force attack on…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 29.6%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
A CWE-501: Trust Boundary Violation vulnerability on connection to the Controller exists in all versions of the Modicon M580, Modicon M340, Modicon Quantum and Modicon Premium which could cause unauthorized access by conducting a brute force attack on Modbus protocol to the controller.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 29.58% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-668
- Affected
- schneider-electric/modicon m580 firmware · schneider-electric/modicon m340 firmware · schneider-electric/modicon quantum firmware · schneider-electric/modicon premium firmware
- Source
- cybersecurity@se.com
EPSS 29.6% since 28 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://www.schneider-electric.com/en/download/document/SEVD-2019-134-11/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0735Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.schneider-electric.com/en/download/document/SEVD-2019-134-11/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0735Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.