CVE-2020-12519

HIGH

Phoenix Contact PLCnext Control Devices <2021.0 LTS - RCE

Title source: llm

Description

On Phoenix Contact PLCnext Control Devices versions before 2021.0 LTS an attacker can use this vulnerability i.e. to open a reverse shell with root privileges.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://cert.vde.com/en-us/advisories/vde-2020-049

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.0085

EPSS Percentile 53.5%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-269

Status published

Products (1)

phoenixcontact/plcnext_firmware < 2021.0

Published Dec 17, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026