A vulnerability in WirelessHART-Gateway <= 3.0.9 could lead to information exposure of sensitive information

published 2021-08-31 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-21210

cvss: 5.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 10%
public exploits: 0; none known

In PEPPERL+FUCHS WirelessHART-Gateway <= 3.0.9 a form contains a password field with autocomplete enabled. The stored credentials can be captured by an attacker who gains control over the user's computer. Therefore the user must have logged in at least once.

Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSA-22-097-01 updated 2022-04-07 cvss 5.5

Pepperl+Fuchs WirelessHART-Gateway

Pepperl+Fuchs WHA-GW-F2D2-0-AS- Z2-ETH 3.0.7, 3.0.8, 3.0.9 Pepperl+Fuchs WHA-GW-F2D2-0-AS- Z2-ETH.EIP 3.0.7, 3.0.8, 3.0.9
affected: mitigation “Minimize network exposure for affected products and ensure they are not accessible via the Internet.” 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

0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	2.1	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Phoenix Contact WHA-GW-F2D2-0-AS- Z2-ETH
Phoenix Contact WHA-GW-F2D2-0-AS- Z2-ETH.EIP

Classification

Weakness

CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

cert.vde.com /en-us/advisories/vde-2021-027
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-34560
NVD CVE-2021-34560

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Summary