High severity · published Feb 24, 2022
CVE-2020-14478
A local, authenticated attacker could use an XML External Entity (XXE) attack to exploit weakly configured XML files to access local or remote content
7.1
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A local, authenticated attacker could use an XML External Entity (XXE) attack to exploit weakly configured XML files to access local or remote content. A successful exploit could potentially cause a denial-of-service condition and allow the attacker to arbitrarily read any local file via system-level services.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 27% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FS
Factorytalk Services Platform · Rockwellautomation
through 6.11.00 · source: NVD
Affected product
FS
Factorytalk Services Platform
Rockwellautomation
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14478
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14478
Mitigation
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-20-177-02
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