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CVE-2018-10728

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-10728 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting all Phoenix Contact managed FL SWITCH 3xxx, 4xxx, and 48xx products running firmware versions 1.0 to 1.33. With a CVSS score of 8.1 (High), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, despite high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there public exploit codes available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. However, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
> 1.0, <= 1.33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:phoenixcontact:fl_switch_3005_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.0, <= 1.33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:phoenixcontact:fl_switch_3005t_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.0, <= 1.33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:phoenixcontact:fl_switch_3004t-fx_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.0, <= 1.33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:phoenixcontact:fl_switch_3004t-fx_st_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.0, <= 1.33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:phoenixcontact:fl_switch_3008_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.1HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0225 is in the 38th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cert.vde.com / de-de/advisories/vde-2018-006
PatchThird Party Advisory
ics-cert.us-cert.gov / advisories/ICSA-18-137-02
PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/104231
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry