CVE-2020-10048

MEDIUM

SIMATIC PCS 7 and WinCC < 7.5 SP2 - Improper Authentication via Insecure Password Verification

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS 7 (All versions), SIMATIC WinCC (All versions < V7.5 SP2). Due to an insecure password verification process, an attacker could bypass the password protection set on protected files, thus being granted access to the protected content, circumventing authentication.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0006
EPSS Percentile 17.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-287 CWE-288
Status published
Products (3)
siemens/simatic_pcs_7
siemens/simatic_wincc 7.5 sp1 (3 CPE variants)
siemens/simatic_wincc < 7.5
Published Feb 09, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026