CVE-2020-14479 (GCVE-0-2020-14479)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-04-01 22:17 – Updated: 2025-04-16 16:32
VLAI?
Title
ICSA-20-147-01 Inductive Automation Ignition (Update B)
Summary
Sensitive information can be obtained through the handling of serialized data. The issue results from the lack of proper authentication required to query the server
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Inductive Automation Ignition 7 Gateway Affected: All , < 7.9.14 (custom)
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Credits
Pedro Ribeiro, Radek Domanski, Chris Anastasio (muffin), and Steven Seeley (mr_me) working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative reported these vulnerabilities to CISA.
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