CVE-2020-10048

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 9, 2021 at 03:38 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:47 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorSIMATIC PCS 7SIMATIC WinCC

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS 7 (All versions), SIMATIC WinCC (All versions < V7.5 SP2). Due to an insecure password verification process, an attacker could bypass the password protection set on protected files, thus being granted access to the protected content, circumventing authentication.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Affected range stops below 7.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-288CWE-287

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