Security Resilience

CVE-2023-37858

Phoenixcontact Wp 6070-Wvps Firmware ≤ 4.0.10

Published
09 August 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
CVSS Score v3.1 4.9
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0045 38th percentile
Risk Priority 39 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2023-37858 is a medium-severity Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data (CWE-311) vulnerability in Phoenixcontact Wp 6070-Wvps Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 4.9 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 38th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

In PHOENIX CONTACTs WP 6xxx series web panels in versions prior to 4.0.10 an authenticated, remote attacker with admin privileges is able to read hardcoded cryptographic keys allowing to decrypt an encrypted web application login password.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-37857Same product: Phoenixcontact Wp 6070-Wvps
CVE-2023-37860Same product: Phoenixcontact Wp 6070-Wvps
CVE-2023-3570Same product: Phoenixcontact Wp 6070-Wvps
CVE-2023-37864Same product: Phoenixcontact Wp 6070-Wvps
CVE-2023-3571Same product: Phoenixcontact Wp 6070-Wvps
CVE-2023-37856Same product: Phoenixcontact Wp 6070-Wvps
CVE-2023-37859Same product: Phoenixcontact Wp 6070-Wvps
CVE-2023-37861Same product: Phoenixcontact Wp 6070-Wvps
CVE-2023-37863Same product: Phoenixcontact Wp 6070-Wvps
CVE-2023-37862Same product: Phoenixcontact Wp 6070-Wvps

Affected Assets

phoenixcontact
wp 6070-wvps firmware
≤ 4.0.10
phoenixcontact
wp 6101-wxps firmware
≤ 4.0.10
phoenixcontact
wp 6121-wxps firmware
≤ 4.0.10
phoenixcontact
wp 6156-whps firmware
≤ 4.0.10
phoenixcontact
wp 6185-whps firmware
≤ 4.0.10
phoenixcontact
wp 6215-whps firmware
≤ 4.0.10

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-311

Privacy and security training stresses encryption of sensitive data, reducing missing encryption weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-311

Exchange agreements must document security requirements, which would include encryption to protect sensitive data in transit.

addresses: CWE-311

The map highlights data actions that involve sensitive data, enabling identification of missing encryption requirements.

addresses: CWE-311

Settings can require encryption of sensitive data, preventing missing encryption weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-311

Architectures must describe confidentiality protections, which includes mandating encryption for sensitive data in transit and at rest.

addresses: CWE-311

Privacy and security curricula stress encryption requirements, reducing missing encryption of sensitive data.

addresses: CWE-311

Requires encryption and similar controls for CUI processed or stored externally, preventing missing encryption of sensitive data.

addresses: CWE-311

Monitoring detects missing encryption of sensitive data in storage or transit configurations.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

blocks

Explicit rules requiring encryption for sensitive information in transit eliminate the weakness of sending data without cryptographic protection.

removes

created from the owner's anchor; an owner grade is a row and does not wait for an instrument (Mythos 2026-09-29T15:58Z).

blocks

Explicitly calling for protection of data in transit and at rest, plus secure encryption of communications, drives the implementation of encryption that prevents clear-text exposure of sensitive information.

Hardening callouts derived

DISA STIG baselines are authored against specific weaknesses. Where this CVE cites a broad weakness class, the mapping is not asserted at that abstraction (owner ruling, 2026-09-25: grade only at Base and below), so no rule is shown here rather than a rule shown against the wrong grain.

  • No fine-grained STIG row for CWE-311, a class-level weakness. Rules are authored against its narrower children: CWE-312.

References