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CVE-2023-37859

PHOENIX CONTACT: Improper Privilege Management in WP 6xxx Web panels

HIGH

7.2

CVSS Score

Published: August 9, 2023 at 06:36 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:08 AM UTC

12 products affected across 1 vendorWp 6215-whps FirmwareWp 6070-wvps FirmwareWp 6121-wxps Firmware

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Severity

HIGH7.2

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.9%

Description

In PHOENIX CONTACTs WP 6xxx series web panels in versions prior to 4.0.10 the SNMP daemon is running with root privileges allowing a remote attacker with knowledge of the SNMPv2 r/w community string to execute system commands as root.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Wp 6070-wvps Firmware · Phoenix Contact

95%

v < 4.0.10

Affected range stops below 4.0.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Wp 6101-wxps Firmware · Phoenix Contact

95%

v < 4.0.10

Affected range stops below 4.0.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Wp 6121-wxps Firmware · Phoenix Contact

95%

v < 4.0.10

Affected range stops below 4.0.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Wp 6156-whps Firmware · Phoenix Contact

95%

v < 4.0.10

Affected range stops below 4.0.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Wp 6185-whps Firmware · Phoenix Contact

95%

v < 4.0.10

Affected range stops below 4.0.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Wp 6215-whps Firmware · Phoenix Contact

95%

v < 4.0.10

Affected range stops below 4.0.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Wp 6070-Wvps · Phoenix Contactdevice

80%

All versions

Wp 6101-Wxps · Phoenix Contactdevice

80%

All versions

Wp 6121-Wxps · Phoenix Contactdevice

80%

All versions

Wp 6156-Whps · Phoenix Contactdevice

80%

All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

Third Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://cert.vde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2023-018/

CVSS

7.2HIGHCERTVDE

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: HIGH
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-269

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