CVE-2020-7213

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2020-01-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-312

Description

Parallels 13 uses cleartext HTTP as part of the update process, allowing man-in-the-middle attacks. Users of out-of-date versions are presented with a pop-up window for a parallels_updates.xml file on the http://update.parallels.com web site.

Affected products

Parallels: 13

References

http://almorabea.net/cves/cve-2020-7213.txt
http://almorabea.net/en/2020/01/19/write-up-for-the-parallel-vulnerability-cve-2020-7213/
https://parallels.com
http://almorabea.net/cves/cve-2020-7213.txt
http://almorabea.net/en/2020/01/19/write-up-for-the-parallel-vulnerability-cve-2020-7213/
https://parallels.com

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