CVE-2018-10729

mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.018 · 79 %ileDEEURUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.83% (79th) EPSS
CVSS 5 · medium
Is it mine?
122 products
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Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cisa_csaf_ot

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

All Phoenix Contact managed FL SWITCH 3xxx, 4xxx, 48xx products running firmware version 1.0 to 1.33 allow reading the configuration file by an unauthenticated user.

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

  • Fixedphoenix_contact_psirt

    Customers using Phoenix Contact managed FL SWITCH devices with affected firmware versions are recommended to update the firmware to version 1.34 which fixes this vulnerability. The updated firmware may be downloaded from the managed switch product page on the Phoenix Contact website: | Article No. | Model | Updated Firmware | |-------------|-----------------------------------|------------------| | 2891030 | FL SWITCH 3005 | [Download](https://www.phoenixcontact.com/de-de/produkte/switch-fl-switch-3005-2891030?type=firmware_update&utm_source=qr&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=product_detection) | | 2891032 | FL SWITCH 3005T | [Download](https://www.phoenixcontact.com/de-de/produkte/switch-fl-switch-3005t-2891032?type=firmware_update&utm_source=qr&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=product_detection) | | 2891033 | FL SWITCH 3004T-FX | [Download](https://www.phoenixcontact.com/de-de/produkte/switch-fl-switch-3004t-fx-2891033?type=firmware_update&utm_source=qr&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=product_detection) | | 2891034 | FL SWITCH 3004T-FX ST | [Download](https://www.phoenixcontact.com/de-de/produkte/switch-fl-switch-3004t-fx-st-2891034?type=firmware_update&utm_source=qr&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=product_detection) | | 2891031 | FL SWITCH 3008 | [Download](https://www.phoenixcontact.com/de-de/produkte/switch-fl-switch-3008-2891031?type=firmware_update&utm_source=qr&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=product_detection) | | 2891035 | FL SWITCH 3008T | [Download](https://www.phoenixcontact.com/de-de/produkte/switch-fl-switch-3008t-2891035?type=firmware_update&utm_source=qr&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=product_detection) | | 2891036 | FL SWITCH 3006T-2FX | [Download](https://www.phoenixcontact.com/de-de/produkte/switch-fl-switch-3006t-2fx-2891036?type=firmware_update&utm_source=qr&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=product_detection) | | 2891037 | FL SWITCH 3006T-2FX ST | [Download](https://www.phoenixcontact.com/de-de/produkte/switch-fl-switch-3006t-2fx-st-2891037?type=firmware_update&utm_source=qr&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=product_detection) | | 2891067 | FL SWITCH 3012E-2SFX | [Download](https://www.phoenixcontact.com/de-de/produkte/switch-fl-switch-3012e-2sfx-2891067?type=firmware_update&utm_source=qr&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=product_detection) | | 2891066 | FL SWITCH 3016E | [Download](https://www.phoenixcontact.com/de-de/produkte/switch-fl-switch-3016e-2891066?type=firmware_update&utm_source=qr&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=product_detection) | | 2891058 | FL SWITCH 3016 | [Download](https://www.phoenixcontact.com/de-de/produkte/switch-fl-switch-3016-2891058?type=firmware_update&utm_source=qr&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=product_detection) | | 2891059 | FL SWITCH 3016T | [Download](https://www.phoenixcontact.com/de-de/produkte/switch-fl-switch-3016t-2891059?type=firmware_update&utm_source=qr&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=product_detection) | | 2891060 | FL SWITCH 3006T-2FX SM | [Download](https://www.phoenixcontact.com/de-de/produkte/switch-fl-switch-3006t-2fx-sm-2891060?type=firmware_update&utm_source=qr&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=product_detection) | | 2891062 | FL SWITCH 4008T-2SFP | [Download](https://www.phoenixcontact.com/de-de/produkte/switch-fl-switch-4008t-2sfp-2891062?type=firmware_update&utm_source=qr&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=product_detection) | | 2891061 | FL SWITCH 4008T-2GT-4FX SM | [Download](https://www.phoenixcontact.com/de-de/produkte/switch-fl-switch-4008t-2gt-4fx-sm-2891061?type=firmware_update&utm_source=qr&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=product_detection) | | 2891160 | FL SWITCH 4008T-2GT-3FX SM | [Download](https://www.phoenixcontact.com/de-de/produkte/switch-fl-switch-4008t-2gt-3fx-sm-2891160?type=firmware_update&utm_source=qr&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=product_detection) | | 2891073 | FL SWITCH 4808E-16FX LC-4GC | [Download](https://www.phoenixcontact.com/de-de/produkte/switch-fl-switch-4808e-16fx-lc-4gc-2891073?type=firmware_update&utm_source=qr&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=product_detection) | | 2891080 | FL SWITCH 4808E-16FX SM-4GC | [Download](https://www.phoenixcontact.com/de-de/produkte/switch-fl-switch-4808e-16fx-sm-4gc-2891080?type=firmware_update&utm_source=qr&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=product_detection) | | 2891086 | FL SWITCH 4808E-16FX SM ST-4GC | [Download](https://www.phoenixcontact.com/de-de/produkte/switch-fl-switch-4808e-16fx-sm-st-4gc-2891086?type=firmware_update&utm_source=qr&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=product_detection) | | 2891085 | FL SWITCH 4808E-16FX ST-4GC | [Download](https://www.phoenixcontact.com/de-de/produkte/switch-fl-switch-4808e-16fx-st-4gc-2891085?type=firmware_update&utm_source=qr&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=product_detection) | | 2891079 | FL SWITCH 4808E-16FX-4GC | [Download](https://www.phoenixcontact.com/de-de/produkte/switch-fl-switch-4808e-16fx-4gc-2891079?type=firmware_update&utm_source=qr&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=product_detection) | | 2891074 | FL SWITCH 4808E-16FX SM LC-4GC | [Download](https://www.phoenixcontact.com/de-de/produkte/switch-fl-switch-4808e-16fx-sm-lc-4gc-2891074?type=firmware_update&utm_source=qr&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=product_detection) | | 2891063 | FL SWITCH 4012T 2GT 2FX | [Download](https://www.phoenixcontact.com/de-de/produkte/switch-fl-switch-4012t-2gt-2fx-2891063?type=firmware_update&utm_source=qr&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=product_detection) | | 2891161 | FL SWITCH 4012T-2GT-2FX ST | [Download](https://www.phoenixcontact.com/de-de/produkte/switch-fl-switch-4012t-2gt-2fx-st-2891161?type=firmware_update&utm_source=qr&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=product_detection) | | 2891072 | FL SWITCH 4824E-4GC | [Download](https://www.phoenixcontact.com/de-de/produkte/switch-fl-switch-4824e-4gc-2891072?type=firmware_update&utm_source=qr&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=product_detection) | | 2891102 | FL SWITCH 4800E-24FX-4GC | [Download](https://www.phoenixcontact.com/de-de/produkte/switch-fl-switch-4800e-24fx-4gc-2891102?type=firmware_update&utm_source=qr&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=product_detection) | | 2891104 | FL SWITCH 4800E-24FX SM-4GC | [Download](https://www.phoenixcontact.com/de-de/produkte/switch-fl-switch-4800e-24fx-sm-4gc-2891104?type=firmware_update&utm_source=qr&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=product_detection) | | 2891120 | FL SWITCH 3012E-2FX | [Download](https://www.phoenixcontact.com/de-de/produkte/switch-fl-switch-3012e-2fx-2891120?type=firmware_update&utm_source=qr&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=product_detection) | | 2891119 | FL SWITCH 3012E-2FX SM | [Download](https://www.phoenixcontact.com/de-de/produkte/switch-fl-switch-3012e-2fx-sm-2891119?type=firmware_update&utm_source=qr&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=product_detection) | | 2891162 | FL SWITCH 4000T-8POE-2SFP-R | please contact your local customer service |

  • Mitigationphoenix_contact_psirt

    Customers using Phoenix Contact managed FL SWITCH devices with affected firmware versions are recommended to disable the switch Web Agent.

  • MitigationAll FL SWITCH 3xxx 4xxx and 48xxx Series products running firmwarecisa_csaf_ot

    FL SWITCH 3005

    http://www.phoenixcontact.net/qr/2891030/firmware_update
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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.3
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9
v3.05.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4
v3.05.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · CISA US
v3.05.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · Phoenix Contact PSIRT DE
v3.04.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
v3.15.3mediumAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-200USprimaryCWE-200USCWE-200USCWE-200US
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affected products (122)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • VDE-2018-005Phoenix Contact: FL SWITCH 3xxx/4xxx/48xx series through 1.33 allows Information Exposure2018-05-16csaf · phoenix_contact_psirtDE

    Web interface CGI applications may copy the contents of the running configuration file to a commonly accessed file. Clever manipulation of a web login request can expose the contents of this file through to the web browser. A successful web interface login attempt is not required to read the configuration file contents. FL SWITCH Configuration File can be read by unauthenticated user.

  • ICSA-18-137-02PHOENIX CONTACT FL SWITCH 3xxx/4xxx/48xx Series2018-05-17icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS

    Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow for remote code execution and information disclosure.

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also known as (6)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bducisa_csaf_otphoenix_contact_psirtNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2018-05-17modified 2026-06-17
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references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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