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CVE-2020-12500

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-12500 is an Improper Authorization vulnerability affecting all versions of Pepperl+Fuchs P+F Comtrol RocketLinx ES7510-XT, ES8509-XT, ES8510-XT, ES9528-XTv2, ES7506, ES7510, ES7528, ES8508, ES8508F, ES8510, ES8510-XTE, and ES9528/ES9528-XT industrial switches. This critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) allows unauthenticated attackers to gain full administrative control over affected devices remotely, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV: No), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness. No public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is currently available.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:pepperl-fuchs:es7510-xt_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:pepperl-fuchs:es8509-xt_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:pepperl-fuchs:es8510-xt_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:pepperl-fuchs:es9528-xtv2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:pepperl-fuchs:es7506_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0289 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/162903/Korenix-CSRF-Backdoor-Accounts-Command-Injection-Missing-Authentication.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/165875/Korenix-Technology-JetWave-CSRF-Command-Injection-Missing-Authentication.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
cert.vde.com / de-de/advisories/vde-2020-040
Third Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2021/Jun/0
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
sec-consult.com / vulnerability-lab/advisory/multiple-critical-vulnerabilities-in-korenix-technology-westermo-pepperl-fuchs
Third Party Advisory