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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2023-1698

In multiple products of WAGO a vulnerability allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to create new users and change the device configuration which can result in unintended behaviour, Denial of Service and full system compromise.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 81.9%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 81.9%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

In multiple products of WAGO a vulnerability allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to create new users and change the device configuration which can result in unintended behaviour, Denial of Service and full system compromise.

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
81.91% probability · 100th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-78
Affected
wago/compact controller 100 firmware · wago/edge controller firmware · wago/pfc100 firmware · wago/pfc200 firmware · wago/touch panel 600 advanced firmware · wago/touch panel 600 marine firmware · wago/touch panel 600 standard firmware
Source
info@cert.vde.com
EPSS trend
0%43%85%3 November 2026: 81.91%3 November 20263 November 2026

EPSS 81.9% since 3 November 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.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.