Summary
A security researcher discovered a Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF, XSRF) vulnerability in SMA Cluster Controller. The affected products are out of support (End-of-Life 2018-06-30).
Details
Impact
The vulnerability could allow an attacker to send a malicious link to an authenticated user to perform actions with the user's permissions on the affected device.
Mitigation
If you can not replace your Cluster Controller by a suitable up-to-date product then isolate the affected network segment by blocking all incoming network traffic. Especially never configure your network to allow a port forwarding to SMA Cluster Controller. Avoid accessing Internet resources while logged in to the Cluster Controller.
Remediation
Replace out-of-support Cluster Controller by a suitable up-to-date product. Please note technical information on the switchover to be found at https://www.sma-sunny.com/en/how-to-replace-old-data-logger/
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 8.8
Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability in SMA Cluster Controller
Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability in SMA Cluster Controller, affecting version 01.05.01.R. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to send a malicious link to an authenticated user to perform actions with these user permissions on the affected devic…
Revision history
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#2
Fix: corrected self-reference
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#1
Initial revision.
References
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SMA PSIRT
https://www.sma.de/en/cybersecurity/product-security
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CERT@VDE Security Advisories for SMA
https://certvde.com/en/advisories/vendor/sma/
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VDE-2024-020: SMA: Cluster Controller CSRF vulnerability - HTML
https://certvde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2024-020