Is CVE-2020-10923 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-10923 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-10923?

CVE-2020-10923 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-10923?

CVE-2020-10923 has an EPSS score of 84.68% (100th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2020-10923?

No published fix for CVE-2020-10923 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-10923

HIGHEPSS 100th pctl

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of NETGEAR R6700 V1.0.4.84_10.0.58 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the UPnP service, which listens on TCP port 5000. A crafted UPnP message can be used to bypass authentication. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-9642.

CWE-305

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorAdjacent

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

84.68%probability of exploitation in 30 days

100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

zerodayinitiative.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.