CVE-2020-12047 describes a critical vulnerability in Baxter Spectrum Wireless Battery Modules (WBM) when paired with specific Baxter Spectrum v8.x infusion pumps in their factory-default wireless configuration. This flaw enables an FTP service with hard-coded credentials, allowing unauthorized access. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its potential impact on over 100,000 medical devices.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:baxter:sigma_spectrum_infusion_system_firmware:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.