CVE•Published 2017-02-13•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2016-5818Schneider-electric · Powerlogic_pm8ecc_firmware
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
An issue was discovered in Schneider Electric PowerLogic PM8ECC device 2.651 and older. Undocumented hard-coded credentials allow access to the device.
Timeline
Published 2017-02-13
Modified 2026-05-13
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2016-5818Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Schneider-electric Powerlogic Pm8ecc Firmware" version:"2.651"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Powerlogic Pm8ecc Firmware"HTTP body or banner mentions "Powerlogic Pm8ecc Firmware" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2016-5818Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2016-5818Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2016-5818Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2016-5818GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2016-5818" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.