CVE-2020-12068

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-05-14 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

An issue was discovered in CODESYS Development System before 3.5.16.0. CODESYS WebVisu and CODESYS Remote TargetVisu are susceptible to privilege escalation.

Affected products

CODESYS Control for BeagleBone: before 3.5.16.0 — fixed in 3.5.16.0
CODESYS Control For Empc-A/Imx6: before 3.5.16.0 — fixed in 3.5.16.0
CODESYS Control for IOT2000: before 3.5.16.0 — fixed in 3.5.16.0
CODESYS Control for PFC100: before 3.5.16.0 — fixed in 3.5.16.0
CODESYS Control for PFC200: before 3.5.16.0 — fixed in 3.5.16.0
CODESYS Control For Plcnext: before 3.5.16.0 — fixed in 3.5.16.0
CODESYS Control for Raspberry Pi: before 3.5.16.0 — fixed in 3.5.16.0
CODESYS Control Rte: from 3.0 before 3.5.16.0 — fixed in 3.5.16.0
CODESYS Control Runtime System Toolkit: from 3.0 before 3.5.16.0 — fixed in 3.5.16.0
CODESYS Control Win: from 3.0 before 3.5.16.0 — fixed in 3.5.16.0
CODESYS Development System: before 3.5.16.0 — fixed in 3.5.16.0
CODESYS Hmi: from 3.0 before 3.5.16.0 — fixed in 3.5.16.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: CODESYS Control for BeagleBone 3.5.16.0; CODESYS Control For Empc-A/Imx6 3.5.16.0; CODESYS Control for IOT2000 3.5.16.0; CODESYS Control for PFC100 3.5.16.0; CODESYS Control for PFC200 3.5.16.0; CODESYS Control For Plcnext 3.5.16.0; CODESYS Control for Raspberry Pi 3.5.16.0; CODESYS Control Rte 3.5.16.0; CODESYS Control Runtime System Toolkit 3.5.16.0; CODESYS Control Win 3.5.16.0; CODESYS Development System 3.5.16.0; CODESYS Hmi 3.5.16.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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