#VU27362 XML injection in ABB Central Licensing System (CLS) - CVE-2020-8475

 

#VU27362 XML injection in ABB Central Licensing System (CLS) - CVE-2020-8475

Published: April 27, 2020 / Updated: June 3, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU27362
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-8475
CWE-ID: CWE-91
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
ABB Central Licensing System (CLS)
Software vendor:
ABB

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the Central Licensing System. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send a specially crafted request containing malformed XML and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.

This vulnerability affects the following ABB CLS products:

  • ABB Ability System 800xA and related system extensions: Versions 5.1, 6.0, 6.1
  • Compact HMI: Versions 5.1, 6.0
  • Control Builder Safe: Versions 1.0, 1.1, 2.0
  • ABB Ability Symphony Plus – S+ Operations: Versions 3.0 to 3.2
  • ABB Ability Symphony Plus – S+ Engineering: Versions 1.1 to 2.2
  • Composer Harmony: Versions 5.1, 6.0, 6.1
  • Composer Melody (incl. SPE for Melody 1.0 SPx): Versions 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
  • Harmony OPC Server (HAOPC): Standalone Versions 6.0, 6.1, 7.0
  • ABB Ability System 800xA / Advant OCS Control Builder A: Versions 1.3, 1.4
  • Advant OCS AC 100 OPC Server: Versions 5.1, 6.0, 6.1
  • Composer CTK: Versions 6.1, 6.2
  • AdvaBuild: Versions 3.7 SP1, 3.7 SP2
  • OPC Server MOD 300 (non-800xA): Version 1.4
  • OPC Data Link: Versions 2.1, 2.2
  • ABB Ability Knowledge Manager: Versions 8.0, 9.0, 9.1
  • ABB Ability Manufacturing Operations Management: Versions 1812, 1909

Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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