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CVE-2020-24246

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-24246 describes a vulnerability in Peplink Balance devices prior to version 8.1.0rc1, allowing unauthenticated attackers to download sensitive PHP configuration files. This high-severity vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity to achieve high confidentiality impact without user interaction. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been observed, organizations should still prioritize patching to mitigate the risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 8.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:peplink:balance_20x_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 8.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:peplink:balance_310x_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 8.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:peplink:mbx_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 8.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:peplink:epx_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 8.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:peplink:sdx_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0128 is in the 47th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

blog.bssi.fr / cve-2020-24246-leaking-source-file-using-the-web-admin-interface-of-peplink-balance
ExploitThird Party Advisory
download.peplink.com / resources/firmware-8.1.0rc1-release-notes.pdf
Release NotesVendor Advisory