CVE-2016-8380
The web server in Phoenix Contact ILC PLCs allows access to read and write PLC variables without authentication.
- 7.3HighCVSS base score
- 10.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The web server in Phoenix Contact ILC PLCs allows access to read and write PLC variables without authentication.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Phoenix Contact WebVisit 2985725 - Authentication Bypass (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 45590webapps, windowspublished 12 Oct 2018Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 45590 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By icscert
- 18 months later
· 18 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.9% · top 4.1% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.3.
Affected products
Phoenix Contact · Phoenix Contact ILC PLCs
- affected All ILC 1xx PLCs
References
3
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-313-01 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 45590 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 94163 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2016-9228 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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