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A CWE-307: Improper Restriction of Excessive...

Critical severity Unreviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 30, 2023

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

A CWE-307: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability exists in PLC Simulator on EcoStruxureª Control Expert (now Unity Pro) (all versions) that could cause unauthorized command execution when a brute force attack is done over Modbus.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 19, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Last updated Jan 30, 2023

Severity

Critical

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

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(75th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2020-28212

GHSA ID

GHSA-6pcj-rq2g-gx86

Source code

No known source code

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