CVE-2018-13804
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2018-12-13
- WeaknessCWE-287
Am I affected?
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Description
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC IT LMS (All versions), SIMATIC IT Production Suite (Versions V7.1 < V7.1 Upd3), SIMATIC IT UA Discrete Manufacturing (Versions < V1.2), SIMATIC IT UA Discrete Manufacturing (Versions V1.2), SIMATIC IT UA Discrete Manufacturing (Versions V1.3), SIMATIC IT UA Discrete Manufacturing (Versions V2.3), SIMATIC IT UA Discrete Manufacturing (Versions V2.4). An attacker with network access to the installation could bypass the application-level authentication. In order to exploit the vulnerability, an attacker must obtain network access to an affected installation and must obtain a valid username to the system. Successful exploitation requires no user privileges and no user interaction. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to compromise confidentiality, integrity and availability of the system. At the time of advisory publication no public exploitation of this vulnerability was known.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2018-12-1316:29CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2018-13804?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2018-13804?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2 | ≤ v1.2 | no fix published | NVD |
| 1.3 | = v1.3 | no fix published | NVD |
| 2.3 | = v2.3 | no fix published | NVD |
| 2.4 | = v2.4 | no fix published | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | all versions | no fix published | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1 | = v7.1 | no fix published | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Distribution builds and vendor advisories
Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.
version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.
Vendor advisories
ICSA-18-317-07 Siemens SIMATIC IT Production Suite
SIMATIC IT LMS · SIMATIC IT Production Suite · SIMATIC IT UA Discrete Manufacturing · +4 more
Fix
- Vendor fix CISA ICSA-18-317-07 · 1 productUpdate to V7.1 Upd3. Contact Product Support to obtain the update. - Download: https://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/global/en/support/
- Vendor fix CISA ICSA-18-317-07 · 1 productVersions V1.2 Update the contained components SIMATIC IT Administrative Tools, SIMATIC IT Basic Service, and SIMATIC IT Full Services to V7.1 Upd3 (or later). Contact Product Support to obtain the update. - Download: https://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/global/en/support/
- Vendor fix CISA ICSA-18-317-07 · 1 productVersions V1.3 Update the contained components SIMATIC IT Administrative Tools, SIMATIC IT Basic Service, and SIMATIC IT Full Services to V7.1 Upd3 (or later). Contact Product Support to obtain the update. - Download: https://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/global/en/support/
- Vendor fix CISA ICSA-18-317-07 · 1 productVersions V2.3 Update the contained components SIMATIC IT Administrative Tools, SIMATIC IT Basic Service, and SIMATIC IT Full Services to V7.1 Upd3 (or later). Contact Product Support to obtain the update. - Download: https://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/global/en/support/
- Vendor fix CISA ICSA-18-317-07 · 1 productVersions V2.4 The latest V2.4 release containing SIMATIC IT Administrative Tools, SIMATIC IT Basic Service, and SIMATIC IT Full Services V7.1 Upd3 is available from GTAC Download. - Download: https://download.industrysoftware.automation.siemens.com/
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-18-317-07 · 1 productSee recommendations from section Workaround and Mitigations
Advisories and patches
- cert-portal.siemens.comVendor Advisory
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
- NVDCVSS 3.08.1read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.09.3read 2026-10-23
- CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-287read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score2.7 %2026-10-23
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2018-12-13
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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