A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE M875 (All versions).

published 2018-06-26 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-16647

cvss: 4.9; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.9%; EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE M875 (All versions). An authenticated remote attacker with access to the web interface (443/tcp), could potentially read and download arbitrary files from the device's file system. Successful exploitation requires that the attacker has network access to the web interface. The attacker must be authenticated as administrative user to exploit the security vulnerability. At the time of advisory publication no public exploitation of this security vulnerability was known.

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Exploit prediction

1.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	4.9	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Siemens AG SCALANCE M875

Classification

Weakness

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

cert-portal.siemens.com /productcert/pdf/ssa-977428.pdf
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-4861
NVD CVE-2018-4861

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