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CVE-2016-8561

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.6 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-11-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC CP 1543-1 (All versions < V2.0.28), SIPLUS NET CP 1543-1 (All versions < V2.0.28). Users with elevated privileges to TIA-Portal and project data on the engineering station could possibly get privileged access on affected devices.

Affected products

• Siemens SIMATIC CP 1543-1 V4.0: all versions

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94436
• http://www.siemens.com/cert/pool/cert/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-672373.pdf
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-672373.pdf
• https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-327-01
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94436
• http://www.siemens.com/cert/pool/cert/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-672373.pdf
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-672373.pdf
• https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-327-01

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