Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View SE

published 2020-07-20 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-4344

cvss: 7.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 53.0%; EPSS 53.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits: 1; Metasploit

In all versions of FactoryTalk View SEA remote, an authenticated attacker may be able to utilize certain handlers to interact with the data on the remote endpoint since those handlers do not enforce appropriate permissions. Rockwell Automation recommends enabling built in security features found within FactoryTalk View SE. Users should follow guidance found in knowledge base articles 109056 and 1126943 to set up IPSec and/or HTTPs.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-20-170-05 updated 2020-06-18 cvss 7.3

Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View SE

Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View SE
affected: vendor fix, mitigation rockwellautomation.custhelp.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Timeline

2020-06-22 First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/scada/rockwell_factorytalk_rce)
2020-07-20 Published

Exploit prediction

53.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

Metasploit exploit/windows/scada/rockwell_factorytalk_rce Rockwell FactoryTalk View SE SCADA Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2020-06-22
packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160156/Rockwell-FactoryTalk-View-SE-SCADA-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD	3.1	8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Affected products

Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View SE

Classification

Weakness

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality

References

packetstormsecurity.com /files/160156/Rockwell-FactoryTalk-View-SE-SCADA-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html
exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
rockwellautomation.custhelp.com /app/answers/detail/a_id/1126944
vendor-advisory
us-cert.cisa.gov /ics/advisories/icsa-20-170-05
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-12028
NVD CVE-2020-12028

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary