Pepper+Fuchs Comtrol IO-Link Master Cross-Site Scripting

published 2021-01-22 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-4814

cvss: 7.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits: 0; none known

Pepperl+Fuchs Comtrol IO-Link Master in Version 1.5.48 and below is prone to an authenticated reflected POST Cross-Site Scripting

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Exploit prediction

0.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	2.0	3.5	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

Pepper+Fuchs Comtrol IO-Link Master

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

cert.vde.com /en-us/advisories/vde-2020-038
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-12512
NVD CVE-2020-12512

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