CVE-2018-7846
A CWE-501: Trust Boundary Violation vulnerability on connection to the Controller exists in all...
A CWE-501: Trust Boundary Violation vulnerability on connection to the Controller exists in all versions of the Modicon M580, Modicon M340, Modicon Quantum and Modicon Premium which could cause unauthorized access by conducting a brute force attack on Modbus protocol to the controller.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A CWE-501: Trust Boundary Violation vulnerability on connection to the Controller exists in all versions of the Modicon M580, Modicon M340, Modicon Quantum and Modicon Premium which could cause unauthorized access by conducting a brute force attack on Modbus protocol to the controller.
- Record
CVE-2018-7846- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-668
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A CWE-501: Trust Boundary Violation vulnerability on connection to the Controller exists in all versions of the Modicon M580, Modicon M340, Modicon Quantum and Modicon Premium which could cause unauthorized access by conducting a brute force attack on Modbus protocol to the controller.
- Record
CVE-2018-7846- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-19558 No score
A CWE-501: Trust Boundary Violation vulnerability on connection to the Controller exists in all versions of the Modicon M580, Modicon M340, Modicon Quantum and Modicon Premium which could cause unauthorized access by conducting a brute force attack on Modbus protocol to the controller.
- Record
EUVD-2018-19558- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hvj5-x43r-qg3f No score
A CWE-501: Trust Boundary Violation vulnerability on connection to the Controller exists in all...
A CWE-501: Trust Boundary Violation vulnerability on connection to the Controller exists in all versions of the Modicon M580, Modicon M340, Modicon Quantum and Modicon Premium which could cause unauthorized access by conducting a brute force attack on Modbus protocol to the controller.
- Record
GHSA-hvj5-x43r-qg3f- Weakness
- CWE-668
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | yanissec/CVE-2018-7846 | 2023-10-24 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-7846 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Schneider-electric Modicon M340 Firmware, published May 22, 2019. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 29.6%, the 98th percentile. No source names a fixed version.