# CVE-2020-12028: Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View SE

> Authenticated attackers can access or modify remote data due to missing permission checks in FactoryTalk View SE handlers, requiring secure configuration.

- **Severity:** High 7.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Jul 2020
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-524h-35w7-86xp

## What is CVE-2020-12028?

CVE-2020-12028 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View SE, published on 20 Jul 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality), CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-12028?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Rockwellautomation Factorytalk View.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-12028?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-12028 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-12028 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-12028 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Rockwell FactoryTalk View SE SCADA Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (metasploit)

## Other vulnerabilities in Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View SE

- [CVE-2023-2071](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2071/): FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-45824](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45824/): FactoryTalk® View Site Edition Remote Code Execution Vulnerability via Lack of Input Validation (critical 9.2)
- [CVE-2020-12029](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12029/): Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View SE (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2024-4609](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4609/): Rockwell Automation Datalog Function within in FactoryTalk® View SE contains SQL Injection Vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-9064](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9064/): Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Path Traversal (high 8.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-12028 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-12028 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View SE, published on 20 Jul 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-12028 exists.

Affected product: Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View SE. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12028/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12028/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-12028
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12028
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-12028

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12028/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.