CVE-2018-13812 — A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels 4" - 22" (All

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels 4" - 22" (All versions < V15 Update 4), SIMATIC HMI Comfort Outdoor Panels 7" & 15" (All versions < V15 Update 4), SIMATIC HMI KTP Mobile Panels KTP400F, KTP700, KTP700F, KTP900 and KT

01What is this vulnerability?

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels 4" - 22" (All versions < V15 Update 4), SIMATIC HMI Comfort Outdoor Panels 7" & 15" (All versions < V15 Update 4), SIMATIC HMI KTP Mobile Panels KTP400F, KTP700, KTP700F, KTP900 and KTP900F (All versions < V15 Update 4), SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Advanced (All versions < V15 Update 4), SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional (All versions <…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Siemens AG	SIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels 4"	22", SIMATIC HMI Comfort Outdoor Panels 7" & 15", SIMATIC HMI KTP Mobile Panels KTP400F, KTP700, KTP700F, KTP900 und KTP900F, SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Advanced, SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional, SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal), SIMATIC HMI Classic Devices (TP/MP/OP/MP Mobile Panel) — SIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels 4" - 22" : All versions < V15 Update 4, SIMATIC HMI Comfort Outdoor Panels 7" & 15" : All versions < V15 Update 4, SIMATIC HMI KTP Mobile Panels KTP400F, KTP700, KTP700F, KTP900 und KTP900F : All versions < V15 Update 4, SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Advanced : All versions < V15 Update 4, SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional : All versions < V15 Update 4, SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal) : All versions < V15 Update 4, SIMATIC HMI Classic Devices (TP/MP/OP/MP Mobile Panel) : All versions

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-12-13T16:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T09:14:47.285Z

09References

• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105922
• cert-portal.siemens.com — https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-233109.pdf