CVE-2018-7798 (GCVE-0-2018-7798)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-11-02 17:00 – Updated: 2026-05-29 14:09
VLAI
Summary
A Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity (CWE-345) vulnerability exists in the Modicon M221, all versions, which could cause a change of IPv4 configuration (IP address, mask and gateway) when remotely connected to the device.
Severity
8.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-29 14:08 UTC
CWE
  • Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
  • CWE-345 - Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Schneider Electric SE Modicon M221, All Versions Affected: Modicon M221, All Versions
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Date Public
2018-11-02 00:00
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

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