CVE•Published 2018-11-02•Modified 2026-05-29•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2018-7798Schneider-electric · Somachine_basic
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.2
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
EPSS percentile
36
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 64% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
A Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity (CWE-345) vulnerability exists in the Modicon M221, all versions, which could cause a change of IPv4 configuration (IP address, mask and gateway) when remotely connected to the device.
Timeline
Published 2018-11-02
Modified 2026-05-29
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-2018-7798Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Schneider-electric Somachine Basic"All exposed Schneider-electric Somachine Basic instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Somachine Basic"HTTP body or banner mentions "Somachine Basic" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2018-7798Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2018-7798Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2018-7798Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2018-7798GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2018-7798" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.