CVE-2018-7831
An Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability...
An Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability exists in the embedded web servers in all Modicon M340, Premium, Quantum PLCs and BMXNOR0200 allowing an attacker to send a specially crafted URL to a currently authenticated web server user to execute a password change on the web server.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability exists in the embedded web servers in all Modicon M340, Premium, Quantum PLCs and BMXNOR0200 allowing an attacker to send a specially crafted URL to a currently authenticated web server user to execute a password change on the web server.
- Record
CVE-2018-7831- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79, CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability exists in the embedded web servers in all Modicon M340, Premium, Quantum PLCs and BMXNOR0200 allowing an attacker to send a specially crafted URL to a currently authenticated web server user to execute a password change on the web server.
- Record
CVE-2018-7831- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-19543 No score
An Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability exists in the embedded web servers in all Modicon M340, Premium, Quantum PLCs and BMXNOR0200 allowing an attacker to send a specially crafted URL to a currently authenticated web server user to execute a password change on the web server.
- Record
EUVD-2018-19543- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p8fg-26j2-2q9g
An Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability...
An Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability exists in the embedded web servers in all Modicon M340, Premium, Quantum PLCs and BMXNOR0200 allowing an attacker to send a specially crafted URL to a currently authenticated web server user to execute a password change on the web server.
- Record
GHSA-p8fg-26j2-2q9g- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-7831 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Schneider Electric Se Embedded Web Servers In All Modicon M340, Premium, Quantum Plcs And Bmxnor0200, published November 30, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.64%, the 50th percentile. No source names a fixed version.