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CVE-2020-9050 json

Metasys Reporting Engine (MRE) Web Services - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-29879

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.8%
EPSS 3.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Path Traversal vulnerability exists in Metasys Reporting Engine (MRE) Web Services which could allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to access and download arbitrary files from the system.

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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-21-049-01 updated cvss 7.5

Johnson Controls Metasys Reporting Engine (MRE) Web Services

  • Johnson Controls Inc Metasys Reporting Engine (MRE) 2.1, 2
    affected: mitigation “Johnson Controls recommends users upgrade to MRE v2.2 or later. Users with licenses for MRE should contact their local branch office for remediation.” johnsoncontrols.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

3.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Johnson Controls Metasys Reporting Engine (MRE) Web Services versions 2.0 and 2.1

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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