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High VDE-2019-006 1 CVE

PHOENIX CONTACT: unauthorized access to WEB-UI on FL NAT SMx

Published Mar 25, 2019 · Updated May 14, 2025 · Revision 3

Vendor: Phoenix Contact Product: SMCS 8TX Product: SMN 8TX Product: SMN 8TX-M Product: SMN 8TX-M-DMG

Summary

After login the source IP is used as the session identifier, so that users sharing the same source IP are able to gain full authenticated access to the WEB-UI.

The access attempt will only be successful if the former authorized session has not been terminated by the authorized user or by session timeout.

Details

Impact
If an unauthorized user manages to get access as described above, he gains full access to the device configuration.

Mitigation
Customers using Phoenix Contact FL NAT SMx devices are recommended to operate the devices in closed networks or protected with a suitable firewall.\
For detailed information on our recommendations for measures to protect network-capable devices, please refer to the [application note:](https://www.phoenixcontact.com/assets/downloads_ed/local_pc/web_dwl_technical_info/ah_en_industrial_security_107913_en_01.pdf)

To protect the device from an attacker who has gained access to the closed network, or if there is a possibility that multiple users might share a VPN connection with a single endpoint IP, it might be considered to:

log off from the WEB-UI immediately after administration\
disable the WEB-UI and use configuration access via SNMP instead

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2019-9744

    An issue was discovered on PHOENIX CONTACT FL NAT SMCS 8TX, FL NAT SMN 8TX, FL NAT SMN 8TX-M, and FL NAT SMN 8TX-M-DMG …

Revision history

  1. #3

    Fix: version term, added distribution

  2. #2

    Fix: correct certvde domain, added alias, added self-reference

  3. #1

    Initial revision.

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