CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2018-16555 — Siemens Scalance S602 Firmware security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 5.4

A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE S602 (All versions < V4.0.1.1), SCALANCE S612 (All versions < V4.0.1.1), SCALANCE S623 (All versions < V4.0.1.1), SCALANCE S627-2M (All versions < V4.0.1.1). The integrated web server could allow Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks if unsuspecting users are tricked into accessing a malicious link. User interaction is required for a successful exploitation. The user must be logged into the web interface in order for the exploitation to succeed. At the stage of publishing this security advisory no public exploitation is known.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
5.4 (3.0)
Published
2018-12-13
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system
Weaknesses
CWE-80, CWE-79

Affected products

  • siemens / scalance_s602_firmware
  • siemens / scalance_s612_firmware
  • siemens / scalance_s623_firmware
  • siemens / scalance_s627-2m_firmware

Matched remediation archetype

Cross-site scripting and unsafe browser output

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Check exposure

  • Trace reflected, stored, and DOM-derived untrusted values into HTML, attributes, URLs, styles, scripts, and client-side template sinks.
  • Identify affected origins, authenticated user roles, sensitive browser capabilities, and where content is shared across tenants.
  • Review framework escaping, rich-text sanitization, legacy templates, and client-side rendering paths.

Remediate safely

  • Use context-aware framework output encoding and safe DOM APIs; keep untrusted data out of executable contexts.
  • Sanitize intentionally supported markup with a maintained allowlist policy and validate URLs and attributes separately.
  • Update affected rendering components and add tests for every output context using inert sentinel markup.

Authoritative sources

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