Security readout for executives and security teams
Certain Siemens SCALANCE industrial network switches can be forced to reboot through crafted traffic to their HTTPS web interface. The business impact is temporary loss of network availability for connected devices. The sources do not show data theft or tampering impact, but disruption in OT networks can still affect operations. Exposure is most likely where affected Siemens SCALANCE switches have the web management interface reachable over TCP/443 from plant, enterprise, remote access, or vendor networks. Treat as an OT availability risk. Prioritize devices supporting critical network paths or reachable from broad networks, especially where a reboot could interrupt production, safety monitoring, or site connectivity. Mitigation focus: Inventory SCALANCE X300, X408, and X414 devices and firmware versions.; For X300 and X408, plan upgrade to V4.0.0 or later where applicable.; For X414, check Siemens ProductCERT guidance for available remediation or compensating controls..
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
Conservative CVE-to-ATT&CK context
These mappings and lookup hints may be relevant to the vulnerability behavior, CWE, affected product, or exposure path. Glexia-inferred context is not an official MITRE, ATT&CK, CWE, or CVE Program mapping.
ATT&CK lookup starting points
Use these exact CWE pages and searches to review the Glexia ATT&CK library from this CVE's weakness and description context.
CWE-20: Exact CWE lookup
Use the exact CWE identifier as the starting point before reviewing related ATT&CK behavior. Open the exact CWE lookup page first, then review the ATT&CK searches from that MITRE weakness context. This is a Glexia lookup hint, not an official ATT&CK mapping.
Open ATT&CK lookupCVE-2018-13807 mapping review
Open the CVE-to-ATT&CK bridge for reviewed, inferred, or future official mappings tied to this CVE.
Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
These fields come from the CVE record and ADP containers, not from Glexia's Take. They preserve time-varying source decisions such as CISA SSVC, KEV status, CVSS metrics, and provider references.
CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-254-05CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-447396.pdfCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
CWE links open Glexia weakness intelligence pages with official CWE context, developer remediation guidance, and related CVE mappings.
Improper Input Validation
Improper Input Validation represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.