Is CVE-2020-10048 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-10048 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-10048?

CVE-2020-10048 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-10048?

CVE-2020-10048 has an EPSS score of 0.34% (26th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-10048?

Upgrade simatic wincc to 7.5 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-10048

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-288 CWE-287Improper Authentication

How to fix

Remediation Available

simatic winccNVD

Affected:< 7.5Fixed in:7.5CVE-2020-10048derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.34%probability of exploitation in 30 days

26thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 26% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

cert-portal.siemens.com

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2023-42793	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2024-1709	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2024-27198	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2025-4427	Medium	5.3	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2024-55591	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2023-46747	Critical	9.8	97%	KEV + Ransom	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.