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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2019-16673 json

An issue was discovered on Weidmueller IE-SW-VL05M 3.6.6 Build 16102415, IE-SW-VL08MT 3.5.2 Build 16102415, and IE-SW-PL10M 3.3.16 Build 16…

published 2019-12-06 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-7235

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered on Weidmueller IE-SW-VL05M 3.6.6 Build 16102415, IE-SW-VL08MT 3.5.2 Build 16102415, and IE-SW-PL10M 3.3.16 Build 16102416 devices. Passwords are stored in cleartext and can be read by anyone with access to the device.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-19-339-02 updated cvss 7.5

Weidmueller Industrial Ethernet Switches

  • Weidmueller IE-SW-PL08M-6TX-2SC firmware <= 3.3.8 Build 16102416 Weidmueller IE-SW-PL08M-6TX-2SCS firmware <= 3.3.8 Build 16102416 Weidmueller IE-SW-PL08M-6TX-2ST firmware <= 3.3.8 Build 16102416 Weidmueller IE-SW-PL08M-8TX firmware <= 3.3.8 Build 16102416 Weidmueller IE-SW-PL08MT-6TX-2SC firmware <= 3.3.8 Build 16102416 Weidmueller IE-SW-PL08MT-6TX-2SCS firmware <= 3.3.8 Build 16102416
    +34 more products
    Weidmueller IE-SW-PL08MT-6TX-2ST firmware <= 3.3.8 Build 16102416 Weidmueller IE-SW-PL08MT-8TX firmware <= 3.3.8 Build 16102416 Weidmueller IE-SW-PL09M-5GC-4GT firmware <= 3.3.4 Build 16102416 Weidmueller IE-SW-PL09MT-5GC-4GT firmware <= 3.3.4 Build 16102416 Weidmueller IE-SW-PL10M-1GT-2GS-7TX firmware <= 3.3.16 Build 16102416 Weidmueller IE-SW-PL10M-3GT-7TX firmware <= 3.3.16 Build 16102416 Weidmueller IE-SW-PL10MT-1GT-2GS-7TX firmware <= 3.3.16 Build 16102416 Weidmueller IE-SW-PL10MT-3GT-7TX firmware <= 3.3.16 Build 16102416 Weidmueller IE-SW-PL16M-14TX-2SC firmware <= 3.4.2 Build 16102416 Weidmueller IE-SW-PL16M-14TX-2ST firmware <= 3.4.2 Build 16102416 Weidmueller IE-SW-PL16M-16TX firmware <= 3.4.2 Build 16102416 Weidmueller IE-SW-PL16MT-14TX-2SC firmware <= 3.4.2 Build 16102416 Weidmueller IE-SW-PL16MT-14TX-2ST firmware <= 3.4.2 Build 16102416 Weidmueller IE-SW-PL16MT-16TX firmware <= 3.4.2 Build 16102416 Weidmueller IE-SW-PL18M-2GC-16TX firmware <= 3.4.4 Build 16102416 Weidmueller IE-SW-PL18M-2GC14TX2SC firmware <= 3.4.4 Build 16102416 Weidmueller IE-SW-PL18M-2GC14TX2SCS firmware <= 3.4.4 Build 16102416 Weidmueller IE-SW-PL18M-2GC14TX2ST firmware <= 3.4.4 Build 16102416 Weidmueller IE-SW-PL18MT-2GC-16TX firmware <= 3.4.4 Build 16102416 Weidmueller IE-SW-PL18MT-2GC14TX2SC firmware <= 3.4.4 Build 16102416 Weidmueller IE-SW-PL18MT-2GC14TX2SCS firmware <= 3.4.4 Build 16102416 Weidmueller IE-SW-PL18MT-2GC14TX2ST firmware <= 3.4.4 Build 16102416 Weidmueller IE-SW-VL05M-3TX-2SC firmware <= 3.6.6 Build 16102415 Weidmueller IE-SW-VL05M-3TX-2ST firmware <= 3.6.6 Build 16102415 Weidmueller IE-SW-VL05M-5TX firmware <= 3.6.6 Build 16102415 Weidmueller IE-SW-VL05MT-3TX-2SC firmware <= 3.6.6 Build 16102415 Weidmueller IE-SW-VL05MT-3TX-2ST firmware <= 3.6.6 Build 16102415 Weidmueller IE-SW-VL05MT-5TX firmware <= 3.6.6 Build 16102415 Weidmueller IE-SW-VL08MT-5TX-1SC-2SCS firmware <= 3.5.2 Build 16102415 Weidmueller IE-SW-VL08MT-5TX-3SC firmware <= 3.5.2 Build 16102415 Weidmueller IE-SW-VL08MT-6TX-2SC firmware <= 3.5.2 Build 16102415 Weidmueller IE-SW-VL08MT-6TX-2SCS firmware <= 3.5.2 Build 16102415 Weidmueller IE-SW-VL08MT-6TX-2ST firmware <= 3.5.2 Build 16102415 Weidmueller IE-SW-VL08MT-8TX firmware <= 3.5.2 Build 16102415
    affected: vendor fix, mitigation “Solution for vulnerabilities, valid for switch series IE-SW-VL05M and IE-SW-VL08MT” cert.vde.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:H/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.