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CVE-2012-2596

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-06-08 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

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.

Affected products

• Siemens SIMATIC WinCC: 7.0-sp3

References

• http://www.siemens.com/corporate-technology/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-223158.pdf
• http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-158-01.pdf
• http://www.siemens.com/corporate-technology/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-223158.pdf
• http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-158-01.pdf

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