CVE-2020-12517

Published Dec 17, 2020

Last updated 4 years ago

Overview

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).
Source
info@cert.vde.com
NVD status
Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
9
Impact score
6
Exploitability score
2.3
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
CRITICAL

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
6
Impact score
6.4
Exploitability score
6.8
Vector string
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-79
info@cert.vde.com
CWE-79

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations