CVE-2020-12517

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-12517
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-12-17 23:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-12-21 17:07:00 UTC
DescriptionOn 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).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-79

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Phoenixcontact Axc F 1152 - All All All
Hardware Phoenixcontact Axc F 1152 - All All All
Hardware Phoenixcontact Axc F 2152 - All All All
Hardware Phoenixcontact Axc F 2152 - All All All
Hardware Phoenixcontact Axc F 2152 Starterkit - All All All
Hardware Phoenixcontact Axc F 2152 Starterkit - All All All
Hardware Phoenixcontact Axc F 3152 - All All All
Hardware Phoenixcontact Axc F 3152 - All All All
Operating System Phoenixcontact Plcnext Firmware All All All All
Operating System Phoenixcontact Plcnext Firmware All All All All
Hardware Phoenixcontact Plcnext Technology Starterkit - All All All
Hardware Phoenixcontact Plcnext Technology Starterkit - All All All
Hardware Phoenixcontact Rfc 4072s - All All All
Hardware Phoenixcontact Rfc 4072s - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
PHOENIX CONTACT: Multiple vulnerabilities in PLCnext Control devices — English (USA) CONFIRM cert.vde.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Discovered by Patrick Muench, Torsten Loebner, Maurice Rothe, Pascal Keul and Daniel Hackel of SVA Systemvertrieb Alexander GmbH, coordinated by CERT@VDE

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