CVE-2020-15786
CRITICALSIMATIC HMI Panels <= V16 - Brute-Force Attack via Sm@rt Server
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC HMI Basic Panels 2nd Generation (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V16), SIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions <= V16), SIMATIC HMI Mobile Panels (All versions <= V16), SIMATIC HMI Unified Comfort Panels (All versions <= V16). Affected devices insufficiently block excessive authentication attempts. This could allow a remote attacker to discover user passwords and obtain access to the Sm@rt Server via a brute-force attack.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-542525.pdf
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0042
EPSS Percentile
62.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-307
Status
published
Products (4)
siemens/simatic_hmi_basic_panels_2nd_generation_firmware
< 14
siemens/simatic_hmi_comfort_panels_firmware
siemens/simatic_hmi_mobile_panels_firmware
siemens/simatic_hmi_united_comfort_panels_firmware
Published
Sep 09, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026