# CVE-2020-28398: Cross-site request forgery in RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000

> An attacker can trick authenticated users into modifying or reading device configuration via CSRF in the web interface CLI.

- **Severity:** High 8.6 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 10 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9982-rc28-7h2w

## What is CVE-2020-28398?

CVE-2020-28398 is a high-severity vulnerability in Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000, published on 10 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been identified in RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000 (All versions < V2.16.0), RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000RE (All versions < V2.16.0), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1400 (All versions < V2.16.0), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1500 (All versions < V2.16.0), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1501 (All versions < V2.16.0), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1510 (All versions < V2.16.0), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1511 (All versions < V2.16.0), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1512 (All versions < V2.16.0), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1524 (All versions < V2.16.0), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1536 (All versions < V2.16.0), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX5000 (All versions < V2.16.0). The CLI feature in the web interface of affected devices is vulnerable to 
cross-site request forgery (CSRF).

This could allow an attacker to read or modify the device configuration
by tricking an authenticated legitimate user into accessing a malicious link.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-28398?


## How do I fix CVE-2020-28398?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-28398 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-28398 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-28398 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-28398 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-28398 is a high-severity vulnerability in Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000, published on 10 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-28398 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-28398/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-28398/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-28398
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28398
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-28398

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