CVE-2020-28212 in Se and Schneider Electric Products
Published on November 19, 2020
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.
Weakness Type
Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
The software does not implement sufficient measures to prevent multiple failed authentication attempts within in a short time frame, making it more susceptible to brute force attacks.
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Exploit Probability
EPSS
0.35%
Percentile
56.69%
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