CVE-2016-8673 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting the integrated web servers of various Siemens SIMATIC CP and S7-300/400 CPU families. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute actions with an authenticated user's permissions if the user has an active session and is tricked into triggering a malicious request. With a CVSSv3 score of 8.8 (High), the vulnerability presents a significant risk, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability without requiring authentication. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_s7_300_cpu_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_cp_443-1_firmware:-:*:*:*:advanced:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_cp_343-1_firmware:-:*:*:*:advanced:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_s7_400_cpu_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.