CVE-2020-5602: Mitsubishi Electoric FA Engineering Software (CPU Module Logging Configuration Tool Ver.
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 30/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.4% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 72.8% of all records.
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
- Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).
Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
Mitsubishi Electoric FA Engineering Software (CPU Module Logging Configuration Tool Ver. 1.94Y and earlier, CW Configurator Ver. 1.010L and earlier, EM Software Development Kit (EM Configurator) Ver. 1.010L and earlier, GT Designer3 (GOT2000) Ver. 1.221F and earlier, GX LogViewer Ver. 1.96A and earlier, GX Works2 Ver. 1.586L and earlier, GX Works3 Ver. 1.058L and earlier, M_CommDTM-HART Ver. 1.00A, M_CommDTM-IO-Link Ver. 1.02C and earlier, MELFA-Works Ver. 4.3 and earlier, MELSEC-L Flexible High-Speed I/O Control Module Configuration Tool Ver.1.004E and earlier, MELSOFT FieldDeviceConfigurator Ver. 1.03D and earlier, MELSOFT iQ AppPortal Ver. 1.11M and earlier, MELSOFT Navigator Ver. 2.58L and earlier, MI Configurator Ver. 1.003D and earlier, Motion Control Setting Ver. 1.005F and earlier, MR Configurator2 Ver. 1.72A and earlier, MT Works2 Ver. 1.156N and earlier, RT ToolBox2 Ver. 3.72A and earlier, and RT ToolBox3 Ver. 1.50C and earlier) allows an attacker to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via unspecified vectors.
- Published
- Jun 30, 2020
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.4% · 72th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-611
Report tools
Action score
30
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.4%
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| mitsubishielectric | cpu module logging configuration tool | cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:cpu_module_logging_configuration_tool |
| mitsubishielectric | cw configurator | cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:cw_configurator |
| mitsubishielectric | em configurator | cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:em_configurator |
| mitsubishielectric | gt designer3 | cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:gt_designer3 |
| mitsubishielectric | gx logviewer | cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:gx_logviewer |
| mitsubishielectric | gx works2 | cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:gx_works2 |
| mitsubishielectric | gx works3 | cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:gx_works3 |
| mitsubishielectric | m commdtm-hart | cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:m_commdtm-hart |
| mitsubishielectric | m commdtm-io-link | cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:m_commdtm-io-link |
| mitsubishielectric | melfa-works | cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:melfa-works |
| mitsubishielectric | melsec-l flexible high-speed i\/o control module configuration tool | cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:melsec-l_flexible_high-speed_i\/o_control_module_configuration_tool |
| mitsubishielectric | melsoft fielddeviceconfigurator | cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:melsoft_fielddeviceconfigurator |
and 8 more
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- mitsubishielectric cpu module logging configuration toolup to 1.94y inclusive
- mitsubishielectric cw configuratorup to 1.010l inclusive
- mitsubishielectric em configuratorup to 1.010l inclusive
- mitsubishielectric gt designer3up to 1.221f inclusive
- mitsubishielectric gx logviewerup to 1.100e inclusive
- mitsubishielectric gx works2up to 1.590q inclusive
- mitsubishielectric gx works3up to 1.060n inclusive
- mitsubishielectric m commdtm-hartup to 1.01b inclusive
- mitsubishielectric m commdtm-io-linkup to 1.03d inclusive
- mitsubishielectric melfa-worksup to 4.4 inclusive
- mitsubishielectric melsec-l flexible high-speed i/o control module configuration toolup to 1.005f inclusive
- mitsubishielectric melsoft fielddeviceconfiguratorup to 1.04e inclusive
- mitsubishielectric melsoft iq appportalup to 1.14q inclusive
- mitsubishielectric melsoft navigatorup to 2.62q inclusive
- mitsubishielectric mi configuratorup to 1.004e inclusive
- mitsubishielectric motion control settingup to 1.006g inclusive
- mitsubishielectric mr configurator2up to 1.100e inclusive
- mitsubishielectric mt works2up to 1.160s inclusive
- mitsubishielectric rt toolbox2up to 3.73b inclusive
- mitsubishielectric rt toolbox3up to 1.60n inclusive
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (jpcert). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Mitsubishi Electoric FA Engineering Software
- CPU Module Logging Configuration Tool Ver. 1.94Y and earlier, CW Configurator Ver. 1.010L and earlier, EM Software Development Kit (EM Configurator) Ver. 1.010L and earlier, GT Designer3 (GOT2000) Veraffected
Same product
mitsubishielectric: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2020-14496Mitsubishi Electric Multiple Factory Automation Engineering Software Products (Update A) - Permission Issues39Monitor
- CVE-2020-5603Uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electoric FA Engineering Software (CPU Module Logging Configuration Tool Ver.30Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)
Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.
- TR-20-493 · Jul 6, 2020(Mitsubishi Electric Factory Automation Engineering Zafiyeti)
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-611 · Improper Restriction of XML External Entity ReferenceCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.