#VU19522 XML External Entity injection in Mitsubishi Electric FR Configurator2 - CVE-2019-10976
Published: July 29, 2019 / Updated: July 29, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19522
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10976
CWE-ID: CWE-611
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mitsubishi Electric FR Configurator2
Mitsubishi Electric FR Configurator2
Software vendor:
Mitsubishi Electric
Mitsubishi Electric
Description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to the input passed to the XML parser is not sanitized while parsing the XML project and/or template file (.frc2). A remote attacker can trick a victim to open a specially crafted file and read arbitrary files on the target system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to view contents of arbitrary file on the server or perform network scanning of internal and external infrastructure.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.