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CVE-2020-14478: IMPROPER RESTRICTION OF XML EXTERNAL ENTITY REFERENCE CWE-611

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-02-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-611

Description

A local, authenticated attacker could use an XML External Entity (XXE) attack to exploit weakly configured XML files to access local or remote content. A successful exploit could potentially cause a denial-of-service condition and allow the attacker to arbitrarily read any local file via system-level services.

Affected products

• Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Services Platform: through 6.11.00

References

• https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-20-177-02
• https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-20-177-02

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