What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-25215?

CVE-2020-25215 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (Critical). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 1.2%.

Yed CVE-2020-25215

CRITICAL

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CWE-611)

2020-09-17 cve@mitre.org

XXE Yed

9.8

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

9.8 CRITICAL

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Sep 17, 2020 - 19:15 nvd

CRITICAL 9.8

DescriptionNVD

yWorks yEd Desktop before 3.20.1 allows XXE attacks via an XML or GraphML document.

AnalysisAI

yWorks yEd Desktop before 3.20.1 allows XXE attacks via an XML or GraphML document. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as XML External Entity (XXE) (CWE-611), which allows attackers to read arbitrary files or perform SSRF through XML processing. yWorks yEd Desktop before 3.20.1 allows XXE attacks via an XML or GraphML document. Affected products include: Yworks Yed. Version information: before 3.20.1.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Disable external entity processing in XML parsers, use JSON instead of XML where possible.