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high 8.8

CVE-2020-24674 json

Improper Authorization in Symphony Plus

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-17388

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.1%
EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In S+ Operations and S+ Historian, not all client commands correctly check user permission as expected. Authenticated but Unauthorized remote users could execute a Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack, execute arbitrary code, or obtain more privilege than intended on the machines.

Patch / fix

  • ABB ABB Ability™ Symphony® Plus Operations 2.1 SP2 Rollup 2, 2.2, 3.3 Service Pack 1
  • ABB ABB Ability™ Symphony® Plus Historian 3.2

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Exploit prediction

3.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • ABB ABB Ability™ Symphony® Plus Operations
  • ABB ABB Ability™ Symphony® Plus Historian

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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