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CVE-2020-12517

HIGH
Published 2020-12-17T22:43:14.320752Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
8.8
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.006
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.6% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.688
Higher than 68.8% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

On Phoenix Contact PLCnext Control Devices versions before 2021.0 LTS an authenticated low privileged user could embed malicious Javascript code to gain admin rights when the admin user visits the vulnerable website (local privilege escalation).

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Phoenix Contact

AXC F 1152 (1151412)

Affected Versions:

unspecified
Phoenix Contact

AXC F 2152 (2404267)

Affected Versions:

unspecified
Phoenix Contact

AXC F 3152 (1069208)

Affected Versions:

unspecified
Phoenix Contact

RFC 4072S (1051328

Affected Versions:

unspecified
Phoenix Contact

AXC F 2152 Starterkit (1046568)

Affected Versions:

unspecified
Phoenix Contact

PLCnext Technology Starterkit (1188165)

Affected Versions:

unspecified

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed CRITICAL

GHSA-hwm9-775j-vf84

Advisory Details

On Phoenix Contact PLCnext Control Devices versions before 2021.0 LTS an authenticated low privileged user could embed malicious Javascript code to gain admin rights when the admin user visits the vulnerable website (local privilege escalation).

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

9.0

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12517
WEB https://cert.vde.com/en-us/advisories/vde-2020-049

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 24, 2022, Modified: May 24, 2022

References

https://cert.vde.com/en-us/advisories/vde-2020-049
Published: 2020-12-17T22:43:14.320752Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-16T22:10:20.898Z
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