RCE in Siemens Wincc

CVE-2012-2596

The XPath functionality in unspecified web applications in Siemens WinCC 7.0 SP3 before Update 2 does not properly handle special characters in parameters, which allows remote authenticated users to read or modify settings via a crafted URL, related to an "XML injection" attack.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.015 (71.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Siemens Wincc — versions 7.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

cret@cert.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cret@cert.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_MISC)