CVE-2020-7488
A CWE-319: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information vulnerability exists which could leak...
A CWE-319: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information vulnerability exists which could leak sensitive information transmitted between the software and the Modicon M218, M241, M251, and M258 controllers.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A CWE-319: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information vulnerability exists which could leak sensitive information transmitted between the software and the Modicon M218, M241, M251, and M258 controllers.
- Record
CVE-2020-7488- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-319
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
A CWE-319: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information vulnerability exists which could leak sensitive information transmitted between the software and the Modicon M218, M241, M251, and M258 controllers.
- Record
CVE-2020-7488- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-319
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-28613
A CWE-319: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information vulnerability exists which could leak sensitive information transmitted between the software and the Modicon M218, M241, M251, and M258 controllers.
- Record
EUVD-2020-28613- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qvw5-8j7m-vjcv
A CWE-319: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information vulnerability exists which could leak...
A CWE-319: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information vulnerability exists which could leak sensitive information transmitted between the software and the Modicon M218, M241, M251, and M258 controllers.
- Record
GHSA-qvw5-8j7m-vjcv- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-319
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-7488 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Schneider-electric Ecostruxure Machine Expert, published April 22, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.89%, the 59th percentile. No source names a fixed version.