# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2018-4842"
idYear: 2018
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2018-06-14T00:00:00.000Z"
updatedAt: "2024-08-05T05:18:26.218Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:04.670Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2018-4842"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2018-4842.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-4842"
title: null
summary: "A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE X-200IRT switch family (incl. SIPLUS NET variants) (All versions \u003c V5.4.1), SCALANCE X-200RNA switch family (All versions \u003c V3.2.7), SCALANCE X-300 switch family (incl. X408 and SIPLUS NET variants) (All versions \u003c V4.1.3). A remote, authenticated attacker with access to the configuration web server could be able to store script code on the web site, if the HRP redundancy option is set. This code could be executed in the web browser of victims visiting this web site (XSS), affecting its confidentiality, integrity and availability. User interaction is required for successful exploitation, as the user needs to visit the manipulated web site. At the stage of publishing this security advisory no public exploitation is known. The vendor has confirmed the vulnerability and provides mitigations to resolve it."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"All versions \u003c V5.4.1","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"Siemens","product":"SCALANCE X-200IRT switch family (incl. SIPLUS NET variants)"},{"versions":[{"version":"All versions \u003c V3.2.7","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"Siemens","product":"SCALANCE X-200RNA switch family"},{"versions":[{"version":"All versions \u003c V4.1.3","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"Siemens","product":"SCALANCE X-300 switch family (incl. X408 and SIPLUS NET variants)"}]

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