Description
A low privileged remote attacker can run the webshell with an empty command containing whitespace. The server will then block until it receives more data, resulting in a DoS condition of the websserver.
Affected products
phoenixcontact: fl switch 2708 pn firmware; phoenixcontact: fl switch 2708 pn; phoenixcontact: fl switch 2708 firmware; phoenixcontact: fl switch 2708; phoenixcontact: fl switch 2608 pn firmware; phoenixcontact: fl switch 2608 pn; phoenixcontact: fl switch 2608 firmware; phoenixcontact: fl switch 2608; phoenixcontact: fl switch 2516 pn firmware; phoenixcontact: fl switch 2516 pn; phoenixcontact: fl switch 2208c firmware; phoenixcontact: fl switch 2208c; phoenixcontact: fl switch 2208 pn firmware; phoenixcontact: fl switch 2208 pn; phoenixcontact: fl switch 2208 firmware
References1
- certvde.com/de/advisories/VDE-2025-071 Third Party Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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6.5
MEDIUM
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 1% percentile: 44 · as of 11 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-770
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