CVE-2025-20014

CriticalRCE

Published: 29 January 2025

Published

29 January 2025

Modified

15 April 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score 0.0017 37.3th percentile

Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-20014 is a critical-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Cisa (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 37.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) and 1 other technique. What defenders deploy: see the NIST 800-53 controls recommended below.

Threat & Defense Details

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

prevent

Requires validation and sanitization of all inputs, directly addressing the failure to neutralize POST requests that enables OS command injection.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match

prevent

Mandates timely remediation of identified flaws, such as applying vendor patches for the input neutralization vulnerability on the specific port.

SC-7 Boundary Protection partial match

prevent

Enforces monitoring and control of communications at boundaries to restrict network access to the vulnerable port, mitigating remote unauthenticated exploitation.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access

Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

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T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter Execution

Adversaries may abuse command and script interpreters to execute commands, scripts, or binaries.

attack.mitre.org →

Why these techniques?

Direct OS command injection (CWE-78) on unauthenticated network port enables remote exploitation of public-facing app (T1190) and arbitrary command execution (T1059).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

NVD Description

mySCADA myPRO does not properly neutralize POST requests sent to a specific port with version information. This vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the affected system.

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2025-20014 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS score 9.8, CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) affecting mySCADA myPRO. The issue stems from the software's failure to properly neutralize POST requests sent to a specific port containing version information, enabling OS command injection as classified under CWE-78. Published on 2025-01-29, this flaw allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the affected system.

An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Exploitation grants high-impact access to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, potentially resulting in full compromise of the targeted system.

The CISA ICS Advisory ICSA-25-023-01 provides details on mitigation; refer to https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-023-01 for recommended patches and remediation steps.