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

Published 2020-07-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (76.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 76.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Advantech Iview
Advantech Iview — versions Versions 5.6 and prior

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

References

us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-196-01 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)
www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-859/ (Third Party Advisory)

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.