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Schneider Electric Modicon Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information (CVE-2020-7488)

high Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 500855

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

A CWE-319: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information vulnerability exists which could leak sensitive information transmitted between the software and the Modicon M218, M241, M251, and M258 controllers.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

https://www.se.com/ww/en/download/document/SEVD-2020-105-02

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 500855

Version: 1.4

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 3/1/2023

Updated: 1/24/2024

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-7488

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:schneider-electric:modicon_m218_series_firmware, cpe:/o:schneider-electric:modicon_m241_series_firmware, cpe:/o:schneider-electric:modicon_m251_series_firmware, cpe:/o:schneider-electric:modicon_m258_series_firmware

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Schneider

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/22/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/22/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-7488

CWE: 319