VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-14478

CVSS score7.1 HIGH
EPSS probability0.34%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-02-24
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov: CWE-611
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-611

Primary references