Vulnerability · Published Feb 9, 2021 · Assigned by siemens
CVE-2020-10048
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity authentication bypass in SIMATIC PCS 7 from Siemens. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 28% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 72.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS 7 (All versions), SIMATIC WinCC (All versions < V7.5 SP2). Due to an insecure password verification process, an attacker could bypass the password protection set on protected files, thus being granted access to the protected content, circumventing authentication.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Siemens | SIMATIC PCS 7 | All versions |
| Siemens | SIMATIC WinCC | All versions < V7.5 SP2 |
Weakness: CWE-288
References
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-944678.pdf x_refsource_MISC