CVE-2024-41795
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA vulnerability has been identified in SENTRON 7KT PAC1260 Data Manager (All versions). The web interface of affected devices is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks. This could allow an unauthenticated attacker to change arbitrary device settings by tricking a legitimate device administrator to click on a malicious link.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe SENTRON 7KT PAC1260 Data Manager web interface lacks anti-CSRF protections, allowing unauthenticated attackers to craft malicious links that trick authenticated administrators into performing unintended device configuration changes.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE dataall versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the Siemens 7KT PAC1260 Data Manager in your environmentCheck your asset inventory or network scans for devices named '7KT PAC1260', 'PAC1260', 'SENTRON PAC1260', or Siemens Data Manager devices. Use commands like 'nmap -p 80,443 -sV <target>' to probe for the web interface or check SNMP/syslog for Siemens device fingerprints.Affected if The device model matches Siemens 7KT PAC1260 Data Manager regardless of firmware version.
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Verify the web interface is accessibleAttempt to reach the device web interface via HTTP/HTTPS on the expected IP or hostname. Check if login pages for 'PAC1260' or 'Siemens Data Manager' respond.Affected if The web interface responds and presents a login or admin console for the PAC1260 Data Manager.
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Confirm firmware version if obtainableAccess the device web UI (if authorized) and navigate to System > Info, Device Status, or About pages to view firmware version. Alternatively, check SNMP OIDs or the banner received via 'curl -I <deviceURL>'.Affected if Any firmware version is returned, confirming the vulnerable product is present (all versions are affected).
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Assess web interface network exposureReview firewall rules, ACLs, or network segmentation to determine if the web management interface is reachable from untrusted networks or the internet.Affected if The web interface is exposed to broader networks beyond trusted administrative segments, increasing exposure to CSRF attack vectors.
If the Siemens 7KT PAC1260 Data Manager web interface is present in your environment, you are affected because all firmware versions lack anti-CSRF protections on state-changing endpoints.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement synchronizer token pattern or SameSite cookie attributes on all state-changing endpoints in the web application to validate request authenticity.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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