What is CVE-2020-14501?

CVE-2020-14501 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Advantech Iview, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-07-15.

How severe is CVE-2020-14501?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Advantech Iview

CVE-2020-14501

Advantech iView, versions 5.6 and prior, has an improper authentication for critical function (CWE-306) issue. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to obtain the information of the user table, including the administrator credentials in plain text. An attacker may also delete the administrator account.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.017 (74.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Advantech Iview
N/a Advantech Iview — versions Versions 5.6 and prior

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

References

ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-14501?: CVE-2020-14501 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Advantech Iview, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-07-15.
How severe is CVE-2020-14501?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.