CVE-2020-7538
A CWE-754: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability exists in PLC...
A CWE-754: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability exists in PLC Simulator on EcoStruxureª Control Expert (now Unity Pro) (all versions) that could cause a crash of the PLC simulator present in EcoStruxureª Control Expert software when receiving a specially crafted request over Modbus.
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
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A CWE-754: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability exists in PLC Simulator on EcoStruxureª Control Expert (now Unity Pro) (all versions) that could cause a crash of the PLC simulator present in EcoStruxureª Control Expert software when receiving a specially crafted request over Modbus.
- Record
CVE-2020-7538- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-754
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A CWE-754: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability exists in PLC Simulator on EcoStruxureª Control Expert (now Unity Pro) (all versions) that could cause a crash of the PLC simulator present in EcoStruxureª Control Expert software when receiving a specially crafted request over Modbus.
- Record
CVE-2020-7538- Weakness
- CWE-754
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-28663 No score
A CWE-754: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability exists in PLC Simulator on EcoStruxureª Control Expert (now Unity Pro) (all versions) that could cause a crash of the PLC simulator present in EcoStruxureª Control Expert software when receiving a specially crafted request over Modbus.
- Record
EUVD-2020-28663- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6xcf-xj69-qm4j No score
A CWE-754: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability exists in PLC...
A CWE-754: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability exists in PLC Simulator on EcoStruxureª Control Expert (now Unity Pro) (all versions) that could cause a crash of the PLC simulator present in EcoStruxureª Control Expert software when receiving a specially crafted request over Modbus.
- Record
GHSA-6xcf-xj69-qm4j- Weakness
- CWE-754
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-7538 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Schneider-electric Ecostruxure Control Expert, published November 19, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.29%, the 70th percentile. No source names a fixed version.