01 Record
CVE-2020-12518
Phoenix Contact PLCnext Control Devices versions before 2021.0 LTS: An attacker can use the knowledge gained by reading the insufficiently protected sensitive information to plan further attacks.
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: CERTVDE
CNA base score5.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
02 Description
Phoenix Contact PLCnext Control Devices versions before 2021.0 LTS: An attacker can use the knowledge gained by reading the insufficiently protected sensitive information to plan further attacks.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.74% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 54.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-12-17 22:43Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-17 01:50Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-04-30
- Assigning CNA
- CERTVDE
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8b187904adb0d1ac1f56a8df54c9d60c2a94fa61f10d682c6c014550bbd79ebd
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
07 Remediation
Phoenix Contact recommends affected users to upgrade to the current Firmware 2021.0 LTS or higher which fixes these vulnerabilities.