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).
CVE-2020-12517

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
CVE Published:
17 December 2020

Summary

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).

Affected Version(s)

AXC F 1152 (1151412) < 2021.0 LTS

AXC F 2152 (2404267) < 2021.0 LTS

AXC F 2152 Starterkit (1046568) < 2021.0 LTS

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Discovered by Patrick Muench, Torsten Loebner, Maurice Rothe, Pascal Keul and Daniel Hackel of SVA Systemvertrieb Alexander GmbH, coordinated by CERT@VDE
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