CVE-2018-13990 9.8 critical EPSS 2.3%
The WebUI of PHOENIX CONTACT FL SWITCH 3xxx, 4xxx, 48xx versions prior to 1.35 is vulnerable to brute-force attacks, because of Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts.
Severity
CVSS 3.0 9.8 critical CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HEnable JavaScript to see the metric table and diagram.
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 83% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE CWE-287
Published 2019-05-06
Modified 2026-06-17
Record from the NVD, synced 2026-10-19 Affected phoenixcontact:fl_switch_3004t-fx_firmware phoenixcontact:fl_switch_3004t-fx_st_firmware phoenixcontact:fl_switch_3005_firmware phoenixcontact:fl_switch_3005t_firmware phoenixcontact:fl_switch_3006t-2fx_firmware phoenixcontact:fl_switch_3006t-2fx_sm_firmware phoenixcontact:fl_switch_3006t-2fx_st_firmware phoenixcontact:fl_switch_3008_firmware phoenixcontact:fl_switch_3008t_firmware phoenixcontact:fl_switch_3012e-2fx_sm_firmware phoenixcontact:fl_switch_3012e-2sfx_firmware phoenixcontact:fl_switch_3016_firmware phoenixcontact:fl_switch_3016e_firmware phoenixcontact:fl_switch_3016t_firmware phoenixcontact:fl_switch_4000t-8poe-2sfp-r_firmware phoenixcontact:fl_switch_4008t-2gt-3fx_sm_firmware phoenixcontact:fl_switch_4008t-2gt-4fx_sm_firmware phoenixcontact:fl_switch_4008t-2sfp_firmware phoenixcontact:fl_switch_4012t-2gt-2fx_st_firmware phoenixcontact:fl_switch_4012t_2gt_2fx_firmware phoenixcontact:fl_switch_4800e-24fx-4gc_firmware phoenixcontact:fl_switch_4800e-24fx_sm-4gc_firmware phoenixcontact:fl_switch_4808e-16fx-4gc_firmware phoenixcontact:fl_switch_4808e-16fx_lc-4gc_firmware phoenixcontact:fl_switch_4808e-16fx_sm-4gc_firmware phoenixcontact:fl_switch_4808e-16fx_sm_lc-4gc_firmware phoenixcontact:fl_switch_4808e-16fx_sm_st-4gc_firmware phoenixcontact:fl_switch_4808e-16fx_st-4gc_firmware phoenixcontact:fl_switch_4824e-4gc_firmware References Check your stack JSON