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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-20 08:02 – Updated: 2026-02-12 09:00
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Title
Beckhoff: XSS Vulnerability in TwinCAT 3 HMI Server
Summary
An high privileged remote attacker can inject arbitrary content into the custom CSS field on the affected devices due to improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('Cross-site Scripting').
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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