A local, authenticated attacker could use an XML External Entity (XXE) attack to exploit weakly configured XML files to access local or remote content. A successful exploit could potentially cause a denial-of-service condition and allow the attacker to arbitrarily read any local file via system-level services.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14478
• https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-20-177-02