Schneider Electric IONXXXX Power Meters 1.1 <= 4.1 Authentication Bypass

critical Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 720084

Synopsis

Authentication is not configured by default on Schneider Electric IONXXXX power meters.

Description

An issue was discovered on Schneider Electric IONXXXX series power meters ION73XX series, ION75XX series, ION76XX series, ION8650 series, ION8800 series, and PM5XXX series. No authentication is configured by default. An unauthorized user can access the device management portal and make configuration changes.

Solution

Perform vendor recommended mitigations and apply available vendor upgrades.

See Also

https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-308-03,http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94091

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 720084

Family: SCADA

Published: 5/8/2019

Updated: 9/30/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Patch Publication Date: 11/3/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/3/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5815

BID: 94091