Vulnerability record · CVE-2016-8672 · published 23 November 2016
CVE-2016-8672: Siemens simatic cp 343-1 firmware information exposure vulnerability
Siemens · Simatic Cp 343 1 Firmware
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC CP 343-1 Advanced (incl. SIPLUS NET variant) (All versions < V3.0.53), SIMATIC CP 443-1 Advanced (incl. SIPLUS NET variant) (All versions < V3.2.17), SIMATIC S7-300 PN/DP CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions), SIMATIC S7-400 PN/DP CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions). The integrated web server delivers cookies without the "secure" flag. Modern browsers interpreting the flag would mitigate potential data leakage in case of clear text transmission.
Description
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC CP 343-1 Advanced (incl. SIPLUS NET variant) (All versions < V3.0.53), SIMATIC CP 443-1 Advanced (incl. SIPLUS NET variant) (All versions < V3.2.17), SIMATIC S7-300 PN/DP CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions), SIMATIC S7-400 PN/DP CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions). The integrated web server delivers cookies without the "secure" flag. Modern browsers interpreting the flag would mitigate potential data leakage in case of clear text transmission.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Affected products
4 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
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Related vulnerabilities
Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2016-8672), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.