CVE-2020-12499
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-07-21 15:09
Modified
2024-09-17 03:18
Severity ?
8.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In PHOENIX CONTACT PLCnext Engineer version 2020.3.1 and earlier an improper path sanitation vulnerability exists on import of project files.
References
info@cert.vde.comhttps://cert.vde.com/en-us/advisories/vde-2020-025Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cert.vde.com/en-us/advisories/vde-2020-025Third Party Advisory
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