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Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-7488 · published 22 April 2020

CVE-2020-7488: Schneider-electric ecostruxure machine expert cleartext transmission vulnerability

Schneider Electric · Ecostruxure Machine Expert

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.

7.5 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.88% · top 42.6% CWE-319 · Cleartext transmission
7.5CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 5.0
0.88%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
7Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

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

Affected products

7 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://www.se.com/ww/en/download/document/SEVD-2020-105-02 Vendor Advisory
https://www.se.com/ww/en/download/document/SEVD-2020-105-02 Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-7488), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.