CVE-2020-8488
ABB System 800xA Inter process communication vulnerability - 800xA Batch Management
Insufficient protection of the inter-process communication functions in ABB System 800xA Batch Management (all published versions) enables an attacker authenticated on the local system to inject data, affecting User Interface update during batch execution and/or compare/printing functionalities.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
ABB System 800xA Inter process communication vulnerability - 800xA Batch Management
Insufficient protection of the inter-process communication functions in ABB System 800xA Batch Management (all published versions) enables an attacker authenticated on the local system to inject data, affecting User Interface update during batch execution and/or compare/printing functionalities.
- Record
CVE-2020-8488- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-29354
Insufficient protection of the inter-process communication functions in ABB System 800xA Batch Management (all published versions) enables an attacker authenticated on the local system to inject data, affecting User Interface update during batch execution and/or compare/printing functionalities.
- Record
EUVD-2020-29354- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pfp9-p92p-2fvc
Insufficient protection of the inter-process communication functions in ABB System 800xA Batch...
Insufficient protection of the inter-process communication functions in ABB System 800xA Batch Management (all published versions) enables an attacker authenticated on the local system to inject data, affecting User Interface update during batch execution and/or compare/printing functionalities.
- Record
GHSA-pfp9-p92p-2fvc- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Insufficient protection of the inter-process communication functions in ABB System 800xA Batch Management (all published versions) enables an attacker authenticated on the local system to inject data, affecting User Interface update during batch execution and/or compare/printing functionalities.
- Record
CVE-2020-8488- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-8488 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Abb 800xa Batch Management, published April 29, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.41%, the 35th percentile. No source names a fixed version.