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Critical VDE-2020-008 4 CVEs

WAGO: Cloud Connectivity Multiple Vulnerabilities

Published Mar 9, 2020 · Updated May 14, 2025 · Revision 2

Summary

The Cloud Connectivity of the WAGO PLCs is used to connect the device with the cloud services from different providers. It also supports maintenance functionality with the firmware update function from the WAGO cloud.
An attacker needs an authorized login with administrative privileges on the device in order to exploit the mentioned vulnerabilities.

Details

Impact
These vulnerabilities allow an attacker which has admin privileges, an Azure cloud account and access to the device to redirect the cloud connection. With thus he is able to get sensitive data.

Mitigation
Follow the instructions in WAGOs handbook Cyber Security for Controller
Restrict network access to the device.
Do not directly connect the device to the internet

Remediation
Use strong passwords for all user accounts, especially for administrative user accounts on the device.

Vulnerabilities 4

Revision history

  1. #2

    Fix: version space, added distribution

  2. #1

    initial revision

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