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01 Record

CVE-2020-12523

Phoenix Contact mGuard Devices versions before 8.8.3: LAN ports get functional after reboot even if they are disabled in the device configuration

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: CERTVDE
CNA base score5.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

02 Description

Phoenix Contact mGuard Devices versions before 8.8.3: LAN ports get functional after reboot even if they are disabled in the device configuration

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
0.89% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 59.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
9.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
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
2024-09-16 19:04Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2020-04-30
Assigning CNA
CERTVDE
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 5.4)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Weaknesses
  • CWE-909Missing Initialization of ResourceClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
8abb0da1834836a7b9179989260c36142b420a6fad14215253b7313ea39a67bc

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Phoenix ContactTC MGUARD RS4000 4G VZW VPN (1010461)< 8.8.3—
Phoenix ContactTC MGUARD RS4000 4G ATT VPN (1010463)< 8.8.3—
Phoenix ContactFL MGUARD RS4004 TX/DTX (2701876)< 8.8.3—
Phoenix ContactFL MGUARD RS4004 TX/DTX VPN (2701877)< 8.8.3—
Phoenix ContactTC MGUARD RS4000 3G VPN (2903440)< 8.8.3—
Phoenix ContactTC MGUARD RS4000 4G VPN (2903586)< 8.8.3—

06 References

07 Remediation

PHOENIX CONTACT recommends all mGuard users to upgrade to the firmware version 8.8.3.