CVE-2019-6569 describes a critical vulnerability in Siemens SCALANCE X-200, X-300, XC-200, XF-200, and XP-200 series industrial switches, where the monitor barrier fails to adequately block data transmission from the mirror port into the mirrored network. This allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject malicious packets into the mirrored network, potentially altering device configurations or runtime behavior. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is network-exploitable with low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:scalance_x-200_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 4.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:scalance_x-300_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:scalance_xp-200_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:scalance_xc-200_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:scalance_xf-200_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.