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CVE-2020-16242

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-16242 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the GE Reason S20 Ethernet Switch, specifically affecting models S2020 and S2024 and their associated firmware. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute malicious scripts in a victim's browser, potentially leading to unauthorized actions like account manipulation, requiring user interaction to succeed. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 07a06CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ge:s2020_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 07a06CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ge:s2024_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
49.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0071 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 26,234 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

us-cert.cisa.gov / ics/advisories/icsa-20-266-02
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource