{"id":"CVE-2020-27185","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-27185","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:33:20.158Z","title":"Successfully exploiting the vulnerability could enable attackers to read authentication data, device configuration, and other sensitive data transmitted over Moxa Service.","description":"Cleartext transmission of sensitive information via Moxa Service in NPort IA5000A series serial devices. Successfully exploiting the vulnerability could enable attackers to read authentication data, device configuration, and other sensitive data transmitted over Moxa Service.","published":"2021-05-14T13:15:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:08:55.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"vulnerability@kaspersky.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-319"],"affected":["moxa/nport ia5150a firmware","moxa/nport ia5250a firmware","moxa/nport ia5450a firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.00732,"percentile":0.54042,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.73%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/advisories/klcert-advisories/2021/05/11/klcert-20-021%2C","source":"vulnerability@kaspersky.com"},{"url":"https://www.moxa.com/en/support/product-support/security-advisory/nport-ia5000a-serial-device-servers-vulnerabilities","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"vulnerability@kaspersky.com"},{"url":"https://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/advisories/klcert-advisories/2021/05/11/klcert-20-021%2C","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.moxa.com/en/support/product-support/security-advisory/nport-ia5000a-serial-device-servers-vulnerabilities","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27185","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}