2.3
LOW
CVE-2020-16230
Ewon Flexy and Cosy Local Privilege Escalation CORS Injection
Description

All version of Ewon Flexy and Cosy prior to 14.1 use wildcards such as (*) under which domains can request resources. An attacker with local access and high privileges could inject scripts into the Cross-origin Resource Sharing (CORS) configuration that could abuse this vulnerability, allowing the attacker to retrieve limited confidential information through sniffing.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 18, 2020, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 22, 2021, 4:25 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

1.4

Exploitability Score :

0.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-16230 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Hms-networks ewon_flexy_firmware
2 Hms-networks ewon_cosy_firmware
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-254-03 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-16230 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-16230 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 22, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-74
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 26, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-254-03 No Types Assigned https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-254-03 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 18, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description WebAccess/SCADA Versions 9.0 and prior are vulnerable to cross-site scripting, which may allow an attacker to send malicious JavaScript code to an unsuspecting user, which could result in hijacking of the user’s cookie/session tokens, redirecting the user to a malicious webpage and performing unintended browser actions. All version of Ewon Flexy and Cosy prior to 14.1 use wildcards such as (*) under which domains can request resources. An attacker with local access and high privileges could inject scripts into the Cross-origin Resource Sharing (CORS) configuration that could abuse this vulnerability, allowing the attacker to retrieve limited confidential information through sniffing.
    Removed Reference https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-075-01 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-254-03 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed CWE ICS-CERT CWE-79
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 18, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description The WADashboard component of WebAccess/SCADA may allow an attacker to control or influence a path used in an operation on the filesystem and remotely execute code as an administrator. WebAccess/SCADA Versions 9.0 and prior are vulnerable to cross-site scripting, which may allow an attacker to send malicious JavaScript code to an unsuspecting user, which could result in hijacking of the user’s cookie/session tokens, redirecting the user to a malicious webpage and performing unintended browser actions.
    Removed Reference https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-289-01 [Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource]
    Added Reference https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-075-01 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed CWE ICS-CERT CWE-73
    Added CWE ICS-CERT CWE-79
    Removed CWE Reason CWE-73 / CWE from CNA not within 1003 View
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 30, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-289-01 No Types Assigned https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-289-01 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Changed CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:ewon:flexy_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 14.1 OR cpe:2.3:h:ewon:flexy:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:hms-networks:ewon_flexy_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 14.1 OR cpe:2.3:h:hms-networks:ewon_flexy:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:ewon:cosy_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 14.1 OR cpe:2.3:h:ewon:cosy:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:hms-networks:ewon_cosy_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 14.1 OR cpe:2.3:h:hms-networks:ewon_cosy:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 23, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description All version of Ewon Flexy and Cosy prior to 14.1 use wildcards such as (*) under which domains can request resources. An attacker with local access and high privileges could inject scripts into the Cross-origin Resource Sharing (CORS) configuration that could abuse this vulnerability, allowing the attacker to retrieve limited confidential information through sniffing. The WADashboard component of WebAccess/SCADA may allow an attacker to control or influence a path used in an operation on the filesystem and remotely execute code as an administrator.
    Removed Reference https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-254-03 [Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource]
    Added Reference https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-289-01 [No Types Assigned]
    Added CWE ICS-CERT CWE-73
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 01, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-254-03 No Types Assigned https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-254-03 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Added CWE NIST CWE-74
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:ewon:flexy_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 14.1 OR cpe:2.3:h:ewon:flexy:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:ewon:cosy_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 14.1 OR cpe:2.3:h:ewon:cosy:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.00501

percentile

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