CVE-2020-14478

IMPROPER RESTRICTION OF XML EXTERNAL ENTITY REFERENCE CWE-611

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: February 24, 2022 at 06:27 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:54 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFactoryTalk Services Platform

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCMitigationThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-20-177-02

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.1HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-611

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