CVE-2012-3040

Summary

CVECVE-2012-3040
StatePUBLISHED
Assignericscert
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-10-10 18:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the web server on Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200 PLCs 2.x through 3.0.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URI.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Siemens Simatic S7-1200 - All All All
Hardware Siemens Simatic S7-1200 Cpu 1211c - All All All
Operating System Siemens Simatic S7-1200 Cpu 1211c Firmware All All All All
Hardware Siemens Simatic S7-1200 Cpu 1212c - All All All
Operating System Siemens Simatic S7-1200 Cpu 1212c Firmware All All All All
Hardware Siemens Simatic S7-1200 Cpu 1212fc - All All All
Operating System Siemens Simatic S7-1200 Cpu 1212fc Firmware All All All All
Hardware Siemens Simatic S7-1200 Cpu 1214c - All All All
Operating System Siemens Simatic S7-1200 Cpu 1214c Firmware All All All All
Hardware Siemens Simatic S7-1200 Cpu 1214 Fc - All All All
Operating System Siemens Simatic S7-1200 Cpu 1214 Fc Firmware All All All All
Hardware Siemens Simatic S7-1200 Cpu 1215c - All All All
Operating System Siemens Simatic S7-1200 Cpu 1215c Firmware All All All All
Hardware Siemens Simatic S7-1200 Cpu 1215 Fc - All All All
Operating System Siemens Simatic S7-1200 Cpu 1215 Fc Firmware All All All All
Hardware Siemens Simatic S7-1200 Cpu 1217c - All All All
Operating System Siemens Simatic S7-1200 Cpu 1217c Firmware All All All All
Operating System Siemens Simatic S7-1200 Firmware All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
osvdb.org/86130 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org Broken Link
Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 en.securitylab.ru Third Party Advisory
404 - File Not Found | CISA af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Security Advisory SA50816 - Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Siemens af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.siemens.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 590992 Siemens S7-1200 Web Application Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability (ICSA-12-283-01) (SSA-279823)
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