THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2020-12004
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2020-12004

Ignition Gateway vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
13.6%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
The affected product lacks proper authentication required to query the server on the Ignition 8 Gateway (versions prior to 8.0.10) and Ignition 7 Gateway (versions prior to 7.9.14), allowing an attacker to obtain sensitive information.
Affected vendor
Inductiveautomation
Affected product
Ignition Gateway
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Published
2020-06-09

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 13.6% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-12004

  • Confirm whether Inductiveautomation Ignition Gateway is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-12004.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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