What is CVE-2018-6020?

CVE-2018-6020 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Silextechnology Geh-500, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-05-09.

How severe is CVE-2018-6020?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Silextechnology Geh-500

CVE-2018-6020

In Silex SX-500 all versions and GE MobileLink(GEH-500) version 1.54 and prior, authentication is not verified when making certain POST requests, which may allow attackers to modify system settings.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2018-05-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-128-01 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-6020?: CVE-2018-6020 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Silextechnology Geh-500, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-05-09.
How severe is CVE-2018-6020?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.