CVE-2020-14478 (GCVE-0-2020-14478)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-24 18:27 – Updated: 2025-04-17 18:48
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Summary
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.
Severity ?
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')
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Vendor Product Version
Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Services Platform Affected: unspecified , ≤ 6.11.00 (custom)
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