CVE-2020-25191 describes an incorrect default permission setting in an API entry-point of National Instruments (NI) CompactRIO devices (driver versions prior to 20.5). This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely trigger a function that reboots the device, resulting in a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 20.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ni:compactrio_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.