CVE-2020-16222 is an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Philips Patient Information Center iX (PICiX) and PerformanceBridge Focal Point, allowing an unauthenticated actor to claim a given identity without sufficient proof. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability is network-adjacent, requires no user interaction, and can lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has received limited community discussion and media coverage, with one article from SecurityWeek highlighting potential patient data exposure. It is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog and is currently inactive on the Hot List.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
b.02CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:philips:patient_information_center_ix:b.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
c.02CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:philips:patient_information_center_ix:c.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
c.03CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:philips:patient_information_center_ix:c.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
a.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:philips:performancebridge_focal_point:a.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.