CVE-2015-4051

Exp

Beckhoff IPC Diagnostics before 1.8 does not properly restrict access to functions in /config, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot or shutdown), create arbitrary users, or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted request, as demonstrated by a beckhoff.com:service:cxconfig:1#Write SOAP action to /upnpisapi.

Published: 2015-06-08 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-4051 is rated High Exploit Risk (87/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.73%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.76% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-4051

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-4051

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.97% 5.73% +3.76%
2 2026-03-18 1.22% 1.97% +0.75%
3 2025-03-30 1.22%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-4051

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 8.5 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-4051

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-4051

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
beckhoff ipc_diagnostics <= 1.7 cpe:2.3:a:beckhoff:ipc_diagnostics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-4051

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