# Mitsubishi Electric Factory Automation Products Path Traversal

CVE record · `CVE-2020-14523`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2020-14523`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 8.3 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** icscert
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-22](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html)
- **Tags:** [Path traversal](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/path-traversal.md)
- **Technologies:** [Mitsubishi Electric CW Configurator](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-cw-configurator.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric FR Configurator2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-fr-configurator2.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 MELSOFT iQ AppPortal](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-melsoft-iq-appportal.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric MELSOFT Navigator](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-melsoft-navigator.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric MI Configurator](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-mi-configurator.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric MR Configurator2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-mr-configurator2.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric MT Works2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-mt-works2.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric MX Component](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-mx-component.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric RT ToolBox3](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-rt-toolbox3.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R Series Motion Module](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-melsec-iq-r-series-motion-module.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: CW Configurator.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 1.010L, inclusive` (custom)
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: FR Configurator2.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 1.22Y, inclusive` (custom)
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: GX Works2.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 1.595V, inclusive` (custom)
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: GX Works3.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 1.063R, inclusive` (custom)
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: MELSOFT iQ AppPortal.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 1.17T, inclusive` (custom)
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: MELSOFT Navigator.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version2.70Y, inclusive` (custom)
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: MI Configurator.
  - affected: `All Versions`
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: MR Configurator2.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 1.110Q, inclusive` (custom)
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: MT Works2.
  - affected: `unspecified to Versions 1.156N, inclusive` (custom)
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: MX Component.
  - affected: `unspecified to Version 4.20W, inclusive` (custom)
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: RT ToolBox3.
  - affected: `unspecified to Versions 1.70Y, inclusive` (custom)
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: MELSEC iQ-R Series Motion Module.
  - affected: `unspecified to Versions 10, inclusive` (custom)

## 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:** 0.023, the 83rd percentile, on 7 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-2020-14523](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14523)
- [NVD: CVE-2020-14523](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14523)

### References from the CNA

- <https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-20-212-03>
- <https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/en/psirt/vulnerability/pdf/2020-008_en.pdf>
- <https://jvn.jp/vu/JVNVU90224831/>

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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