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CVE-2018-5471

A Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information issue was discovered in Belden Hirschmann RS, RSR, RSB, MACH100, MACH1000, MACH4000, MS,…

Medium5.9EPSS 0.97%
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Updated
Reserved
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Description

A Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information issue was discovered in Belden Hirschmann RS, RSR, RSB, MACH100, MACH1000, MACH4000, MS, and OCTOPUS Classic Platform Switches. A cleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability in the web interface has been identified, which may allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information through a successful man-in-the-middle attack.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2018-5471, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified3.0Medium5.9CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.97% · top 38% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.

Weakness

Affected products

  • Hirschmann Automation and Control GmbH Classic Platform Switches

    • affected Hirschmann Automation and Control GmbH Classic Platform Switches

References (2)

Sources

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