CVE detail
CVE-2020-28212
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.
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Buzz score components · mention 6.9 · diversity 5.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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Schneider Electric in recent months released patches for its EcoStruxure platform and some Modicon programmable logic controllers (PLCs) to address a critical vulnerability that was disclosed more than a year ago.
newswww.securityweek.comSep 29, 2022, 2:48 PM
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