{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14478 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2020-14478 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2020-14478 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Services Platform, published on 24 Feb 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2020-14478 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2020-14478 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Services Platform, published on 24 Feb 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14478 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Services Platform. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14478/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14478/index.md)","id":"CVE-2020-14478","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14478/index.md","name":"CVE-2020-14478","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-qqc2-6qq8-p574"],"analysis":{"component_type":"ics_ot","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["data_read","denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"FactoryTalk Services Platform","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"An authenticated local attacker can exploit weak XML configurations to read arbitrary local files and cause denial of service in Rockwell FactoryTalk.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"xxe"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"icscert","cpe":[{"product":"factorytalk_services_platform","vendor":"rockwellautomation"}],"cvss":{"score":7.1,"severity":"high","source":"cisa-adp","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-611","name":"Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"IMPROPER RESTRICTION OF XML EXTERNAL ENTITY REFERENCE CWE-611","id":"CVE-2020-14478","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"xxe","year":"2020"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"ICSA-20-147-01 Inductive Automation Ignition (Update B)","id":"CVE-2020-14479"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Philips Ultrasound Systems Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel","id":"CVE-2020-14477"},"products":["FactoryTalk Services Platform"],"published":"2022-02-24","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Rockwell Multiple Products Insufficient Protected Credentials","id":"CVE-2021-22681","kev_date_added":"2026-03-05","published":"2021-03-03"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Weak cryptography in Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Services Platform","id":"CVE-2020-14516","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-03-18"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® Service Platform Service Token Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-21917","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-01-31"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Deserialization in Rockwell Automation All versions of FactoryTalk Diagnostics software, a subsystem of the FactoryTalk Services Platform","id":"CVE-2020-6967","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-03-23"},{"cvss_score":9,"headline":"Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® Service Platform Elevated Privileges Vulnerability Through Web Service Functionality","id":"CVE-2024-21915","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-02-16"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Missing authorization in Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Services Platform","id":"CVE-2020-12033","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-06-23"},{"cvss_score":8.5,"headline":"Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Services Platform Protection Mechanism Failure","id":"CVE-2021-32960","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-04-01"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-04-17","vendors":["Rockwell Automation"]},"summary":"An authenticated local attacker can exploit weak XML configurations to read arbitrary local files and cause denial of service in Rockwell FactoryTalk.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14478/"}