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Vulnerability record · CVE-2018-4841 · published 29 March 2018

CVE-2018-4841: Siemens tim 1531 irc firmware improper authentication vulnerability

Siemens · Tim 1531 Irc Firmware

A vulnerability has been identified in TIM 1531 IRC (All versions < V1.1). A remote attacker with network access to port 80/tcp or port 443/tcp could perform administrative operations on the device without prior authentication. Successful exploitation could allow to cause a denial-of-service, or read and manipulate data as well as configuration settings of the affected device. At the stage of publishing this security advisory no public exploitation is known. Siemens provides mitigations to resolve it.

9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 4.7% · top 8.3% CWE-303 · CWE-303CWE-287 · Improper authentication
9.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 10.0
4.7%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in TIM 1531 IRC (All versions < V1.1). A remote attacker with network access to port 80/tcp or port 443/tcp could perform administrative operations on the device without prior authentication. Successful exploitation could allow to cause a denial-of-service, or read and manipulate data as well as configuration settings of the affected device. At the stage of publishing this security advisory no public exploitation is known. Siemens provides mitigations to resolve it.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2018-4841), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-14). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.