Skip to content
Fencer Intel
critical 9.8

CVE-2016-2310 json

General Electric (GE) Multilink ML800, ML1200, ML1600, and ML2400 switches with firmware before 5.5.0 and ML810, ML3000, and ML3100 switche…

published 2016-06-09 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-3394

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.2%
EPSS 3.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

General Electric (GE) Multilink ML800, ML1200, ML1600, and ML2400 switches with firmware before 5.5.0 and ML810, ML3000, and ML3100 switches with firmware before 5.5.0k have hardcoded credentials, which allows remote attackers to modify configuration settings via the web interface.

Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSA-16-154-01 updated cvss 10.0

GE MultiLink Series Hard-coded Credential Vulnerability

  • GE ML800 Switch <firmware_5.5.0 GE ML810 Switch <firmware_5.5.0k GE ML1200 Switch <firmware_5.5.0 GE ML1600 Switch <firmware_5.5.0 GE ML2400 Switch <firmware_5.5.0 GE ML3000 Switch <firmware_5.5.0k
    +1 more products
    GE ML3100 Switch <firmware_5.5.0k
    affected: mitigation “The new firmware version for the ML800 switch, Version 5.5.0, is available at the following location: (https://www.gegridsolutions.com/app/Resources.aspx?prod=ml800&type=7)” gegridsolutions.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

3.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

Sources

Fencer Intel 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.