What is the CVSS score of CVE-2021-20595?

CVE-2021-20595 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.2 (High). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 1.8%.

G 50A Firmware CVE-2021-20595

HIGH

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

2021-07-13 Mitsubishielectric.Psirt@yd.MitsubishiElectric.co.jp

XXE G 50A Firmware Gb 50A Firmware Ag 150A A Firmware Ag 150A J Firmware Gb 50Ada A Firmware Gb 50Ada J Firmware Eb 50Gu A Firmware Eb 50Gu J Firmware Ae 200A Firmware Ae 200E Firmware Ae 50A Firmware Ae 50E Firmware Ew 50A Firmware Ew 50E Firmware Te 200A Firmware Te 50A Firmware Tw 50A Firmware Cms Rmd J Firmware Pac Yg50Eca Firmware

8.2

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

8.2 HIGH

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Jul 13, 2021 - 11:15 nvd

HIGH 8.2

DescriptionNVD

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric Air Conditioning System/Centralized Controllers (G-50A Ver.3.35 and prior, GB-50A Ver.3.35 and prior, GB-24A Ver.9.11 and prior, AG-150A-A Ver.3.20 and prior, AG-150A-J Ver.3.20 and prior, GB-50ADA-A Ver.3.20 and prior, GB-50ADA-J Ver.3.20 and prior, EB-50GU-A Ver 7.09 and prior, EB-50GU-J Ver 7.09 and prior, AE-200A Ver 7.93 and prior, AE-200E Ver 7.93 and prior, AE-50A Ver 7.93 and prior, AE-50E Ver 7.93 and prior, EW-50A Ver 7.93 and prior, EW-50E Ver 7.93 and prior, TE-200A Ver 7.93 and prior, TE-50A Ver 7.93 and prior, TW-50A Ver 7.93 and prior, CMS-RMD-J Ver.1.30 and prior), Air Conditioning System/Expansion Controllers (PAC-YG50ECA Ver.2.20 and prior) and Air Conditioning System/BM adapter(BAC-HD150 Ver.2.21 and prior) allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to disclose some of data in the air conditioning system or cause a DoS condition by sending specially crafted packets.

AnalysisAI

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric Air Conditioning System/Centralized Controllers (G-50A Ver.3.35 and prior, GB-50A Ver.3.35 and prior, GB-24A. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.2), 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. Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric Air Conditioning System/Centralized Controllers (G-50A Ver.3.35 and prior, GB-50A Ver.3.35 and prior, GB-24A Ver.9.11 and prior, AG-150A-A Ver.3.20 and prior, AG-150A-J Ver.3.20 and prior, GB-50ADA-A Ver.3.20 and prior, GB-50ADA-J Ver.3.20 and prior, EB-50GU-A Ver 7.09 and prior, EB-50GU-J Ver 7.09 and prior, AE-200A Ver 7.93 and prior, AE-200E Ver 7.93 and prior, AE-50A Ver 7.93 and prior, AE-50E Ver 7.93 and prior, EW-50A Ver 7.93 and prior, EW-50E Ver 7.93 and prior, TE-200A Ver 7.93 and prior, TE-50A Ver 7.93 and prior, TW-50A Ver 7.93 and prior, CMS-RMD-J Ver.1.30 and prior), Air Conditioning System/Expansion Controllers (PAC-YG50ECA Ver.2.20 and prior) and Air Conditioning System/BM adapter(BAC-HD150 Ver.2.21 and prior) allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to disclose some of data in the air conditioning system or cause a DoS condition by sending specially crafted packets. Affected products include: Mitsubishi G-50A Firmware, Mitsubishi Gb-50A Firmware, Mitsubishi Ag-150A-A Firmware, Mitsubishi Ag-150A-J Firmware, Mitsubishi Gb-50Ada-A Firmware.

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.