CVE-2020-12023

Credential disclosure via plaintext transaction logging

Published Jun 11, 2020 · Updated Jun 4, 2025

Credential exposure in Philips IntelliBridge Enterprise B.12 and earlier allows administrators to read clinical-system credentials from logs. Affected SureSigns VS4, EarlyVue VS30, and IntelliVue Guardian workflows write handshake or authentication payloads, including plaintext credentials, into transaction logs. Exploitation requires an administrator or highly privileged account with log access, and the reported consequence is disclosure of hospital clinical-information-system credentials.

CVSS severity2.0
Low
EPSS probability0.52%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Credential exposure in Philips IntelliBridge Enterprise B.12 and earlier allows administrators to read clinical-system credentials from logs. Affected SureSigns VS4, EarlyVue VS30, and IntelliVue Guardian workflows write handshake or authentication payloads, including plaintext credentials, into transaction logs. Exploitation requires an administrator or highly privileged account with log access, and the reported consequence is disclosure of hospital clinical-information-system credentials.

The record

CVE
CVE-2020-12023
Published
Jun 11, 2020
Updated
Jun 4, 2025
Vendor
Philips
Product
IntelliBridge Enterprise
Classifications
CWE-532, T1552.001
Attack vector
adjacent
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jun 11, 2020CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jun 4, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <Versions B.12

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectoradjacent
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Philips · IntelliBridge Enterpriseversion=0 <Versions B.12

Published CVSS scores

2.0CISA ICS-CERTCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectoradjacent
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-532Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
T1552.001Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files

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