ABB Base Software for SoftControl Remote Code Execution vulnerability

published 2021-09-08 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-17386

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability in Base Software for SoftControl allows an attacker to insert and run arbitrary code in a computer running the affected product. This issue affects: .

Exploit prediction

0.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

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

Affected products

ABB Base Software for SoftControl

Classification

Weakness

CWE-862 Missing Authorization
CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

search.abb.com /library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=2PAA122974&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch
mitigation, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-24672
NVD CVE-2020-24672

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Summary