Is CVE-2020-8126 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-8126 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-8126?

CVE-2020-8126 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-8126?

CVE-2020-8126 has an EPSS score of 0.52% (40th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-8126?

Upgrade edgeswitch to 1.7.1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-8126

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A privilege escalation in the EdgeSwitch prior to version 1.7.1, an CGI script don't fully sanitize the user input resulting in local commands execution, allowing an operator user (Privilege-1) to escalate privileges and became administrator (Privilege-15).

CWE-78OS Command Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

edgeswitchNVD

Affected:< 1.7.1Fixed in:1.7.1CVE-2020-8126derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.52%probability of exploitation in 30 days

40thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 40% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

hackerone.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.