CVE-2018-18995 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting all versions of ABB GATE-E1 and GATE-E2 Pluto Safety PLC Gateway Ethernet devices. The flaw stems from the inability to configure authentication for administrative Telnet and web interfaces, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to perform device resets, read/modify registers, and alter configuration settings. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:abb:gate-e1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:abb:gate-e2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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