Cyber Resilience

CVE-2020-25161

High

Published: 23 February 2021

Published
23 February 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0063 70.7th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2020-25161 is a high-severity External Control of File Name or Path (CWE-73) vulnerability in Advantech Webaccess\/Scada. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 29.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The WADashboard component of WebAccess/SCADA Versions 9.0 and prior may allow an attacker to control or influence a path used in an operation on the filesystem and remotely execute code as an administrator.

CWE(s)
CWE-73CWE-610

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

advantech
webaccess\/scada
≤ 9.0.1

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-73

Rejects externally supplied file or resource identifiers that fail validity checks.

SI-22 Information Diversity
addresses: CWE-610

Limits impact of an externally controlled reference to a primary information resource by switching to an identified alternative.

References