CVE-2021-20597

moderate-risk
Published 2021-08-06

Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series Safety CPU modules R08/16/32/120SFCPU firmware versions "26" and prior and Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series SIL2 Process CPU modules R08/16/32/120PSFCPU firmware versions "11" and prior allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to login to the target unauthorizedly by sniffing network traffic and obtaining credentials when registering user information in the target or changing a password.

Do I need to act?

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0.89% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.1/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (8)

R08Sfcpu Firmware
R16Sfcpu Firmware
R32Sfcpu Firmware
R120Sfcpu Firmware
R08Psfcpu Firmware
R16Psfcpu Firmware
R32Psfcpu Firmware
R120Psfcpu Firmware

Affected Vendors

48
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 31/34 · Critical
Exploitability 3/34 · Minimal
Exposure 14/34 · Moderate