CVE-2018-5471 — A Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information issue was discovered in Belden

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 identifi

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / Hirschmann Automation and Control GmbH Classic Platform Switches	Hirschmann Automation and Control GmbH Classic Platform Switches

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: 2018-03-06T21:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T05:33:44.433Z

09References

• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103340
• ics-cert.us-cert.gov — https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-065-01