CVE-2011-4879 describes a critical vulnerability in the miniweb.exe component of Siemens WinCC flexible and related HMI products, where improper handling of URIs starting with a 0xfa character allows remote attackers to read arbitrary memory or cause a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 8.5, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, leading to potential data exposure or system crashes. While there is an ExploitDB entry (EDB-18166) detailing multiple vulnerabilities, there is no indication of active exploitation, Metasploit/Nuclei modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2004CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:wincc_flexible:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2005CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:wincc_flexible:2005:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2007CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:wincc_flexible:2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2008CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:wincc_flexible:2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2008CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:siemens:wincc_flexible:2008:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.