Vulnerability record

CVE-2023-6448

Unitronics Vision PLC and HMI Insecure Default Password Vulnerability

Severity: CriticalExploitation: Exploitation confirmedCISA KEV
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run Vision PLC and HMI, fix it now.

CISA required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Dec 18, 2023.

Patch status

No official fix confirmed yet

Until a fix ships, follow the vendor's mitigations and CISA's required action, limit exposure of affected systems, and watch this record for a patch.

Description

Unitronics VisiLogic before version 9.9.00, used in Vision and Samba PLCs and HMIs, uses a default administrative password. An unauthenticated attacker with network access can take administrative control of a vulnerable system.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

Products affected by this vulnerability, with versions and the source of each entry
ProductVendorSource
Vision PLC and HMIUnitronicsKEV

Sources: KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Version details have not been published yet.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2023-6448 scored CVSS 9.8: Unitronics Vision PLC and HMI, Unitronics Vision PLC and HMI Insecure Default Password Vulnerability

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched Vision PLC and HMI systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

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Coverage

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References

  • downloads.unitronicsplc.com https://downloads.unitronicsplc.com/Sites/plc/Technical_Library/Unitronics-Cybersecurity-Advisory-2023-001-CVE…
  • nvd.nist.gov https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6448
  • downloads.unitronicsplc.com https://downloads.unitronicsplc.com/Sites/plc/Visilogic/Version_Changes-Bug_Reports/VisiLogic%209.9.00%20Versi…
  • cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2023/11/28/exploitation-unitronics-plcs-used-water-and-wastewater-syst…
  • unitronicsplc.com https://www.unitronicsplc.com/cyber_security_vision-samba/
  • cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-6448