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01 Record

CVE-2020-8479

ABB Central Licensing System - XML External Entity Injection

CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: ABB
CNA base score9.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

02 Description

ABB Central Licensing System - XML External Entity Injection

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
2.25% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 82.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2020-04-29 00:00Z6 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 10:03Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2020-01-30
Assigning CNA
ABB
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Critical (CVSS 9.4)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Weaknesses
  • CWE-91XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection)Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
2765ab94d33c1e3b5e4810b8fdd9c33b3e2c3a7e78911da66ad1c3cbfce3bdf7

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
ABBCentral Licensing System5.1 to < 5*—
ABBABB Ability System 800xA5.1, 6.0, 6.1—
ABBCompact HMI5.1, 6.0—
ABBControl Builder Safe1.0, 1.1, 2.0—
ABBComposer Harmony5.1, 6.0, 6.1—
ABBComposer Melody5.3, 6 to 6.3—
ABBComposer CTK6.1, 6.2—
ABBAdvaBuild3.7 SP1, 3.7 SP2—
ABBOPC Data Link2.1, 2.2—
ABBKnowledge Manager8.0, 9.0, 9.1—
ABBAdvant OCS AC 100 OPS Server5.1, 6.0, 6.1—
ABBABB Ability™ SCADAvantage5.1 to < unspecified, <= 5.6.5—

06 References