THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2020-13578
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2020-13578

Gsoap vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.0%
EPSS pct
86th
Exploited
No known
A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the WS-Security plugin functionality of Genivia gSOAP 2.8.107. A specially crafted SOAP request can lead to denial of service. An attacker can send an HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability.
Affected vendor
Genivia
Affected product
Gsoap
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2021-02-10

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 availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-13578

  • Confirm whether Genivia Gsoap is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-13578.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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