CVE-2020-12498

HIGH

Phoenix Contact PC Worx <1.87 - RCE

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

mwe file parsing in Phoenix Contact PC Worx and PC Worx Express version 1.87 and earlier is vulnerable to out-of-bounds read remote code execution. Manipulated PC Worx projects could lead to a remote code execution due to insufficient input data validation.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://cert.vde.com/de-de/advisories/vde-2020-023
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-826/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0068
EPSS Percentile 71.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-125 CWE-121
Status published
Products (2)
phoenixcontact/pc_worx < 1.87
phoenixcontact/pc_worx_express < 1.87
Published Jul 01, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026