# Mitsubishi Electric Factory Automation Engineering Products Unquoted Search Path or Element

CVE record · `CVE-2020-14521`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2020-14521`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 8.3 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** icscert
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-428](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/428.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-428](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-428.md)
- **Technologies:** [Mitsubishi Electric C Controller Interface Module Utility](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-c-controller-interface-module-utility.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric CC-Link IE Control Network Data Collector](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-cc-link-ie-control-network-data-collector.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric CC-Link IE Field Network Data Collector](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-cc-link-ie-field-network-data-collector.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric CC-Link IE TSN Data Collector](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-cc-link-ie-tsn-data-collector.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric CPU Module Logging Configuration Tool](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-cpu-module-logging-configuration-tool.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric CW Configurator](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-cw-configurator.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric Data Transfer](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-data-transfer.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric EZSocket](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-ezsocket.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric FR Configurator SW3](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-fr-configurator-sw3.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric FR Configurator2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-fr-configurator2.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric GT Designer2 Classic](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-gt-designer2-classic.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric GT Designer3 Version1 (GOT1000)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-gt-designer3-version1-got1000.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric GT Designer3 Version1 (GOT2000)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-gt-designer3-version1-got2000.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric GT SoftGOT1000 Version3](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-gt-softgot1000-version3.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric GT SoftGOT2000 Version1](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-gt-softgot2000-version1.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric GX Developer](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-gx-developer.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric GX LogViewer](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-gx-logviewer.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric GX Works2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-gx-works2.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric GX Works3](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-gx-works3.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric M_CommDTM-IO-Link](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-m-commdtm-io-link.md)
- **Published:** 11 Feb 2022
- **Updated:** 16 Apr 2025
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: icscert) at 11 Feb 2022, 17:40 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: C Controller Interface Module Utility.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 2.00, inclusive` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: CC-Link IE Control Network Data Collector.
  - affected: `Version 1.00A`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: CC-Link IE Field Network Data Collector.
  - affected: `Version 1.00A`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: CC-Link IE TSN Data Collector.
  - affected: `Version 1.00A`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: CPU Module Logging Configuration Tool.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 1.100E, inclusive` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: CW Configurator.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 1.010L, inclusive` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: Data Transfer.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 3.42U, inclusive` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: EZSocket.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 5.1, inclusive` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: FR Configurator SW3.
  - affected: `All Versions`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: FR Configurator2.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 1.26C, inclusive` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: GT Designer2 Classic.
  - affected: `All Versions`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: GT Designer3 Version1 (GOT1000).
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 1.241B, inclusive` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: GT Designer3 Version1 (GOT2000).
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 1.241B, inclusive` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: GT SoftGOT1000 Version3.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 3.200J, inclusive` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: GT SoftGOT2000 Version1.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 1.241B, inclusive` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: GX Developer.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 8.504A, inclusive` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: GX LogViewer.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 1.100E, inclusive` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: GX Works2.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 1.601B, inclusive` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: GX Works3.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 1.063R, inclusive` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: M_CommDTM-IO-Link.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 1.03D, inclusive` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: MELFA-Works.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 4.4, inclusive` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: MELSEC WinCPU Setting Utility.
  - affected: `All Versions`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: MELSOFT Complete Clean Up Tool.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 1.06G, inclusive` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: MELSOFT EM Software Development Kit.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 1.015R, inclusive` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: MELSOFT iQ AppPortal.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 1.17T, inclusive` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: MELSOFT Navigator.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 2.74C, inclusive` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: MI Configurator.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 1.004E, inclusive` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: Motion Control Setting.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 1.005F, inclusive` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: Motorizer.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 1.005F, inclusive` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: MR Configurator2.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 1.125F, inclusive` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: MT Works2.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 1.167Z, inclusive` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: MTConnect Data Collector.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 1.1.4.0, inclusive` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: MX Component.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 4.20W, inclusive` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: MX MESInterface.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 1.21X, inclusive` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: MX MESInterface-R.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 1.12N, inclusive` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: MX Sheet.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 2.15R, inclusive` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: Network Interface Board CC IE Control Utility.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 1.29F, inclusive` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: Network Interface Board CC IE Field Utility.
  - affected: `unspecified to Versions 1.16S, inclusive` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: Network Interface Board CC-Link Ver.2 Utility.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 1.23Z, inclusive` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: Network Interface Board MNETH Utility.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 34L, inclusive` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected

And 6 more products. The full list is on the CVE record: <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14521>

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 8.3 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (icscert)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.013, the 70th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 11 Feb 2022. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2020-14521](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14521)
- [NVD: CVE-2020-14521](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14521)

### References from the CNA

- <https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-20-212-04> (government-resource)
- <https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/en/psirt/vulnerability/pdf/2020-007_en.pdf> (vendor-advisory)

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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