ICSA-18-254-04: ICSA-18-254-04 Siemens SIMATIC WinCC OA
CISA advisory · released 2018-09-11
Source record Collected from CISA's CSAF advisory feed
- Distribution label in the document: TLP:WHITE
- Revision 1, 2018-09-11 (final)
Products, as the advisory lists them
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| Siemens | SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.14 and prior | <V3.14-P021 |
DeSpy has not checked any unit, hardware revision or firmware.
Vulnerabilities in this advisory
- CVE-2018-13799 · CWE-269
Improper access control to a data point of the affected product could allow an unauthenticated remote user to escalate its privileges in the context of SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.14. This vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker with network access to port 5678/TCP of the SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.14 server. Successful exploitation requires no user privileges and no user interaction. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to compromise integrity and availability of the SIMATIC WinCC OA system. At the time of advisory publication no public exploitation of this vulnerability was known.
Acknowledgments, as the advisory lists them
- Siemens: reported this vulnerability to CISA.
The advisory's legal notice
All information products included in https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics are provided "as is" for informational purposes only. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) does not provide any warranties of any kind regarding any information contained within. DHS does not endorse any commercial product or service, referenced in this product or otherwise. Further dissemination of this product is governed by the Traffic Light Protocol (TLP) marking in the header. For more information about TLP, see https://us-cert.cisa.gov/tlp/.
Sources
DeSpy's copy of this version is dated 2026-09-28.
This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
CVE records: Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. CVE is a trademark and the CVE logo is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVE Usage: MITRE hereby grants you a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE™). Any copy you make for such purposes is authorized provided that you reproduce MITRE's copyright designation and this license in any such copy.
CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog and CISA Vulnrichment data are CC0 1.0. CISA advisories are shown with the TLP label their document carries. No endorsement by CISA, DHS, NIST or MITRE is stated or implied.