CVE-2025-41768 (GCVE-0-2025-41768)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-20 08:02 – Updated: 2026-01-20 19:32
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Title
Beckhoff: XSS Vulnerability in TwinCAT 3 HMI Server
Summary
On an instance of TwinCAT 3 HMI Server running on a device an authenticated administrator can inject arbitrary content into the custom CSS field which is persisted on the device and later returned via the login page and error page.
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Beckhoff Automation TwinCAT.HMI.Server Affected: 0.0.0 , < 14.4.267 (semver)
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Credits
Roby Firnando Yusuf from Jeonbuk National University
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