Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU V1 family up to 2.0.1 authentication replay

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU V1 family and SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU V2 family up to 2.0.1. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to authentication replay. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2011-20002. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU V1 family and SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU V2 family up to 2.0.1 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication replay vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-294. A capture-replay flaw exists when the design of the product makes it possible for a malicious user to sniff network traffic and bypass authentication by replaying it to the server in question to the same effect as the original message (or with minor changes). Impacted is integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU V1 family (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V2.0.2), SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU V2 family (incl. SIPLUS variants) (All versions < V2.0.2). Affected controllers are vulnerable to capture-replay in the communication with the engineering software. This could allow an on-path attacker between the engineering software and the controller to execute any previously recorded commands at a later time (e.g. set the controller to STOP), regardless whether or not the controller had a password configured.

The advisory is available at cert-portal.siemens.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-20002 since 05/22/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/14/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1040 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 2.0.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• SCADA Software

Vendor

• Siemens

Name

• SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU V1 family
• SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU V2 family

Version

• 2.0.0
• 2.0.1

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.siemens.com/

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