Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Mar 6, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-5471
CVE-2018-5471
Description
A Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information issue was discovered in Belden Hirschmann RS, RSR, RSB, MACH100, MACH1000, MACH4000, MS, and OCTOPUS Classic Platform Switches. A cleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability in the web interface has been identified, which may allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information through a successful man-in-the-middle attack.
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References
2- www.securityfocus.com/bid/103340nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-065-01nvdMitigationThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
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