{"id":"CVE-2020-7488","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-7488","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:19:42.868Z","title":"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.","description":"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.","published":"2020-04-22T19:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:24:53.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cybersecurity@se.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-319"],"affected":["schneider-electric/ecostruxure machine expert","schneider-electric/somachine","schneider-electric/somachine motion","schneider-electric/modicon m218 firmware","schneider-electric/modicon m241 firmware","schneider-electric/modicon m251 firmware","schneider-electric/modicon m258 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.00893,"percentile":0.59204,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.89%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.se.com/ww/en/download/document/SEVD-2020-105-02","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cybersecurity@se.com"},{"url":"https://www.se.com/ww/en/download/document/SEVD-2020-105-02","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7488","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}