CVE-2020-6972 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Honeywell Notifier Web Server (NWS) version 3.50 and earlier. An attacker can exploit this flaw via a capture-replay attack from a web browser, gaining unauthorized access to the fire alarm system. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, leading to high impact on confidentiality and integrity. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.50CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:honeywell:notifier_webserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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:N
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.