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FKIE_CVE-2020-12499

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-07-21 15:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:51

Severity

8.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

In PHOENIX CONTACT PLCnext Engineer version 2020.3.1 and earlier an improper path sanitation vulnerability exists on import of project files.

References

	URL	Tags
	info@cert.vde.com	https://cert.vde.com/en-us/advisories/vde-2020-025	Third Party Advisory
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://cert.vde.com/en-us/advisories/vde-2020-025	Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	phoenixcontact	plcnext_engineer	*

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CVE-2020-12499 (GCVE-0-2020-12499)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-07-21 15:09 – Updated: 2024-09-17 03:18

Title

PHOENIX CONTACT PLCnext Engineer version 2020.3.1 and earlier: Improper path sanitation vulnerability.

Summary

In PHOENIX CONTACT PLCnext Engineer version 2020.3.1 and earlier an improper path sanitation vulnerability exists on import of project files.

Severity

8.2 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Assigner

CERTVDE icscert root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://cert.vde.com/en-us/advisories/vde-2020-025	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
PHOENIX CONTACT	PLCnext Engineer	Affected: unspecified , ≤ 2020.3.1 (custom)

Date Public

2020-07-21 00:00

Credits

This vulnerability was discovered and reported by Amir Preminger of Claroty. PHOENIX CONTACT reported the vulnerability to CERT@VDE.

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