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CVE-2020-6997 (GCVE-0-2020-6997)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-03-24 20:31 – Updated: 2024-08-04 09:18
VLAI
Summary
In Moxa EDS-G516E Series firmware, Version 5.2 or lower, sensitive information is transmitted over some web applications in cleartext.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-319 - CLEARTEXT TRANSMISSION OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION CWE-319
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Moxa EDS-G516E Series firmware, Version 5.2 or lower Affected: Moxa EDS-G516E Series firmware, Version 5.2 or lower
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