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CVE-2020-16171

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-16171 is a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability affecting Acronis Cyber Backup versions prior to 12.5 Build 16342. It allows an unauthenticated attacker to manipulate the "Shard" header in API requests on port 9877, forcing the application to make requests to internal, otherwise inaccessible Acronis services bound to localhost. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no privileges or user interaction, and potentially leading to low confidentiality and integrity impacts. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, a public exploit (EDB-49113) exists, demonstrating its exploitability. Despite this, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 12.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_backup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_backup:12.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_backup:12.5:10130:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_backup:12.5:10330:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_backup:12.5:11010:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-49113 · Nov 27, 2020
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0551 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2020/Sep/33
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
rcesecurity.com / 2020/09/CVE-2020-16171-Exploiting-Acronis-Cyber-Backup-for-Fun-and-Emails
Third Party Advisory