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Critical VDE-2021-016 1 CVE

Weidmueller: Accidentally open network port in u-controls and IoT-Gateways

Published May 4, 2021 · Updated May 14, 2025 · Revision 2

Summary

A network port intended only for device-internal usage is accidentally accessible via external network interfaces.

Details

Impact
The reported vulnerability allows an attacker who has network access and knowledge about the internal configuration protocol to read and write configuration data without prior authorization. By exploiting this vulnerability the attacker potentially is able to manipulate or stop the operation of the device.

Mitigation
- Restrict access to the network th device is connected to
- Do not directly connect the device to the internet

Remediation
Weidmüller recommends upgrading affected devices to the current firmware version 1.12.3 or higher which fixes this vulnerability.

Alternatively the following firmware versions which fix this vulnerability may be installed:

| **Product** | **Affected (installed) firmware version** | **Fixed firmware version** |
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| Any affected product | 1.3.0 - 1.9.0 | 1.9.1 |
| Any affected product | 1.10.1, 1.10.2 | 1.10.3 |
| Any affected product | 1.10.0, 1.11.0, 1.12.1 | 1.12.3 |

Vulnerabilities 1

Revision history

  1. #2

    Fix: version space, firmware category, added distribution

  2. #1

    Initial revision.

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