Summary
Several vulnerabilities in the Endress+Hauser MEAC300-FNADE4 were discovered, that can be accessed via Ethernet.
Details
Impact
If exploited, these vulnerabilities could potentially allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to compromise the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of the MEAC300-FNADE4. SICK recommends to update the product to the newest version and ensuring the product operates within a secure environment. Currently, SICK is not aware of any exploits targeting these vulnerabilities.
Mitigation
As general security measures, SICK recommends to minimize network exposure of the devices, restrict
network access and follow recommended security practices in order to run the devices in a protected IT
environment.
Remediation
Customers are strongly advised to update to the newest version.
Vulnerabilities 19
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High 8.6
CVE-2025-1708
The application is vulnerable to SQL injection attacks. An attacker is able to dump the PostgreSQL database and read its content.
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High 7.6
CVE-2025-27460
The hard drives of the device are not encrypted using a full volume encryption feature such as BitLocker. This allows an attacker with physical access to the device to use an alternative operating system to interact with the hard drives, completely circumvent…
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High 7.6
CVE-2025-27461
During startup, the device automatically logs in the EPC2 Windows user without requesting a password.
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High 7.5
CVE-2025-1710
The maxView Storage Manager does not implement sufficient measures to prevent multiple failed authentication attempts within a short time frame, making it susceptible to brute-force attacks.
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High 7.5
CVE-2025-27449
The MEAC300-FNADE4 does not implement sufficient measures to prevent multiple failed authentication attempts within a short time frame, making it susceptible to brute-force attacks.
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High 7.5
CVE-2025-27456
The SMB server's login mechanism does not implement sufficient measures to prevent multiple failed authentication attempts within a short time frame, making it susceptible to brute-force attacks.
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High 7.4
CVE-2025-27447
The web application is susceptible to cross-site-scripting attacks. An attacker can create a prepared URL, which injects JavaScript code into the website. The code is executed in the victim’s browser when an authenticated administrator clicks the link.
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Medium 6.8
CVE-2025-27448
The web application is susceptible to cross-site-scripting attacks. An attacker who can create new dashboards can inject JavaScript code into the dashboard name which will be executed when the website is loaded.
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Medium 6.5
CVE-2025-1709
Several credentials for the local PostgreSQL database are stored in plain text (partially base64 encoded).
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Medium 6.5
CVE-2025-27450
The Secure attribute is missing on multiple cookies provided by the MEAC300-FNADE4. An attacker can trick a user to establish an unencrypted HTTP connection to the server and intercept the request containing the PHPSESSID cookie.
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Medium 6.5
CVE-2025-27457
All communication between the VNC server and client(s) is unencrypted. This allows an attacker to intercept the traffic and obtain sensitive data.
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Medium 6.5
CVE-2025-27458
The VNC authentication mechanism bases on a challenge-response system where both server and client use the same password for encryption. The challenge is sent from the server to the client, is encrypted by the client and sent back. The server does the same en…
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Medium 5.3
CVE-2025-27451
For failed login attempts, the application returns different error messages depending on whether the login failed due to an incorrect password or a non-existing username. This allows an attacker to guess usernames until they find an existing one.
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Medium 5.3
CVE-2025-27452
The configuration of the Apache httpd webserver which serves the MEAC300-FNADE4 web application, is partly insecure. There are modules activated that are not required for the operation of the FNADE4 web application. The functionality of the some modules pose …
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Medium 5.3
CVE-2025-27453
The HttpOnly flag is set to false on the PHPSESSION cookie. Therefore, the cookie can be accessed by other sources such as JavaScript.
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Medium 4.4
CVE-2025-27459
The VNC application stores its passwords encrypted within the registry but uses DES for encryption. As DES is broken, the original passwords can be recovered.
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Medium 4.3
CVE-2025-1711
Multiple services of the DUT as well as different scopes of the same service reuse the same credentials.
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Medium 4.3
CVE-2025-27454
The application is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery. An attacker can trick a valid, logged in user into submitting a web request that they did not intend. The request uses the victim's browser's saved authorization to execute the request.
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Medium 4.3
CVE-2025-27455
The web application is vulnerable to clickjacking attacks. The site can be embedded into another frame, allowing an attacker to trick a user into clicking on something different from what the user perceives, thus potentially revealing confidential information…
Revision history
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#1.0.0
Initial version
References
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Endress+Hauser
https://www.endress.com
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SICK PSIRT Security Advisories
https://sick.com/psirt
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ICS-CERT recommended practices on Industrial Security
https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/ics-recommended-practices
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CVSS v3.1 Calculator
https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1