Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-8348

Title: Emerson Liebert Sitescan Web RCE

XXE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-8348.

CWE Category CWE-611

Published Date Feb 13, 2017

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 9.8 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.52%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-8348: An XML External Entity (XXE) issue was discovered in Emerson Liebert SiteScan Web Version 6.5, and prior. An attacker may enter malicious input to Liebert SiteScan through a weakly configured XML parser causing the application to execute arbitrary code or disclose file contents from a server or connected network.

Impacted Vendors

emerson 1

Reference Links

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94587 https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-334-01 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94587 https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-334-01

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity CRITICAL

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns