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TI-2020-07479 Aliases CVE-2020-9353GHSA-hh56-wcx8-mr6r

An issue was discovered in SmartClient 12.0.

Priority LOW 36CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

An issue was discovered in SmartClient 12.0. The Remote Procedure Call (RPC) loadFile provided by the console functionality on the /tools/developerConsoleOperations.jsp (or /isomorphic/IDACall) URL is affected by unauthenticated Local File Inclusion via directory-traversal sequences in the elem XML element in the _transaction parameter. NOTE: the documentation states "These tools are, by default, available to anyone ... so they should only be deployed into a trusted environment. Alternately, the tools can easily be restricted to administrators or end users by protecting the tools path with normal authentication and authorization mechanisms on the web server."

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01508 74th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:smartclient:smartclient:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*12.0VulnerableSmartclient
  • cpe:2.3:a:smartclient:smartclient:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.0 Vulnerable ·Smartclient

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-9353
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hh56-wcx8-mr6r

References

  • TI-2020-07478 An issue was discovered in SmartClient 12.0. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-07480 An issue was discovered in SmartClient 12.0. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2020-07477 An issue was discovered in SmartClient 12.0. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3

Sources