CVE-2018-4859 Command injection in SCALANCE M875
An authenticated administrative user can execute arbitrary operating system commands on the SCALANCE M875 device via the web interface.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-4859?
CVE-2018-4859 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Siemens AG SCALANCE M875, published on 26 Jun 2018. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE M875 (All versions). An authenticated remote attacker with access to the web interface (443/tcp), could execute arbitrary operating system commands. Successful exploitation requires that the attacker has network access to the web interface. The attacker must be authenticated as administrative user to exploit the security vulnerability. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the device. At the time of advisory publication no public exploitation of this security vulnerability was known.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-4859?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Siemens Scalance M875 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2018-4859?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-4859 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2018-4859 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-4859 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Siemens AG SCALANCE M875
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qgw8-7h98-hhc2.