XXE in Mitsubishi Ae-200a
CVE-2021-20595
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric Air Conditioning System/Centralized Controllers (G-50A Ver.3.35 and prior, GB-50A Ver.3.35 and prior, GB-24A Ver.9.11 and prior, AG-150A-A Ver.3.20 and prior, AG-150A-J Ver.3.20 and prior, GB-50ADA-A Ver.3.20 and prior, GB-50ADA-J Ver.3.20 and prior, EB-50GU-A Ver 7.09 and prior, EB-50GU-J Ver 7.09 and prior, AE-200A Ver 7.93 and prior, AE-200E Ver 7.93 and prior, AE-50A Ver 7.93 and prior, AE-50E Ver 7.93 and prior, EW-50A Ver 7.93 and prior, EW-50E Ver 7.93 and prior, TE-200A Ver 7.93 and prior, TE-50A Ver 7.93 and prior, TW-50A Ver 7.93 and prior, CMS-RMD-J Ver.1.30 and prior), Air Conditioning System/Expansion Controllers (PAC-YG50ECA Ver.2.20 and prior) and Air Conditioning System/BM adapter(BAC-HD150 Ver.2.21 and prior) allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to disclose some of data in the air conditioning system or cause a DoS condition by sending specially crafted packets.
Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.018 (77.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 77.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.mitsubishielectric.com/en/psirt/vulnerability/pdf/2021-005_en.pdf (Vendor Advisory)
- jvn.jp/vu/JVNVU93086468/index.html (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-20595?
- CVE-2021-20595 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mitsubishi Ae-200a, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2021-07-13.
- How severe is CVE-2021-20595?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.