# CVE-2018-11449: Information disclosure in SCALANCE M875

> An attacker with local file system access can obtain administrative passwords, potentially leading to privilege escalation on Siemens SCALANCE M875 devices.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Jun 2018
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wh7p-q7qq-5pc5

## What is CVE-2018-11449?

CVE-2018-11449 is a high-severity vulnerability in Siemens AG SCALANCE M875, published on 26 Jun 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE M875 (All versions). An attacker with access to the local file system might obtain passwords for administrative users. Successful exploitation requires read access to files on the local file system. A successful attack could allow an attacker to obtain administrative passwords. At the time of advisory publication no public exploitation of this security vulnerability was known.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11449?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Siemens Scalance M875 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-11449?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-11449 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-11449 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11449 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Siemens AG SCALANCE M875

- [CVE-2018-11447](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11447/): Cross-site request forgery in SCALANCE M875 (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-4859](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-4859/): Command injection in SCALANCE M875 (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2018-4860](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-4860/): Command injection in SCALANCE M875 (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2018-4861](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-4861/): Path traversal in SCALANCE M875 (medium 4.9)
- [CVE-2018-11448](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11448/): Cross-site scripting in SCALANCE M875 (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-11449 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-11449 is a high-severity vulnerability in Siemens AG SCALANCE M875, published on 26 Jun 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11449 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Siemens AG SCALANCE M875. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11449/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11449/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11449
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11449
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-11449

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