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critical 9.8

CVE-2020-6989 json

In Moxa PT-7528 series firmware, Version 4.0 or lower, and PT-7828 series firmware, Version 3.9 or lower, a buffer overflow in the web serv…

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-28129

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.5%
EPSS 3.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In Moxa PT-7528 series firmware, Version 4.0 or lower, and PT-7828 series firmware, Version 3.9 or lower, a buffer overflow in the web server allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service condition or execute arbitrary code.

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-20-056-03 updated cvss 10.0

Moxa PT-7528 and PT-7828 Series Ethernet Switches

  • Moxa PT-7528 series <= 4.0 Moxa PT-7828 series <= 3.9
    affected: mitigation “Moxa has developed a solution to address these vulnerabilities: Please contact Moxa Technical Support for a security patch.” moxa.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a Moxa PT-7528 series firmware, Version 4.0 or lower, PT-7828 series firmware, Version 3.9 or lower

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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