CVE-2019-16672

CVE-2019-16672 describes a critical vulnerability affecting Weidmueller IE-SW-VL05M, IE-SW-VL08MT, and IE-SW-PL10M industrial switches, where sensitive credentials are transmitted in cleartext. This allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely intercept and compromise user credentials, leading to full system compromise with a CVSS score of 9.8. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers. Despite the lack of media coverage, its high FAUCET Risk Score of 92/100 highlights the severe risk posed by this cleartext transmission flaw.