CVE-2020-8233
highpriority · track · 37EPSS 0.044 · 91 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
4.42% (91st) EPSS
CVSS 9 · high
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A command injection vulnerability exists in EdgeSwitch firmware <v1.9.0 that allowed an authenticated read-only user to execute arbitrary shell commands over the HTTP interface, allowing them to escalate privileges.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
9.0
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9
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affected products (5)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (14)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00019.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/48737cnnvd
- https://community.ui.com/releases/EdgeMAX-EdgeSwitch-Firmware-v1-9-1-v1-9-1/8a87dfc5-70f5-4055-8d67-570db1f5695ccnnvd
- https://community.ui.com/releases/Security-advisory-bulletin-014-014/1c32c056-2c64-4e60-ac23-ce7d8f387821cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8233cnnvd
- https://www.ui.com/download/edgemaxcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00019.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://community.ui.com/releases/EdgeMAX-EdgeSwitch-Firmware-v1-9-1-v1-9-1/8a87dfc5-70f5-4055-8d67-570db1f5695cenisa_euvd
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