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CVE-2020-3262

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-3262 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) Software, specifically affecting the CAPWAP protocol handler in various Cisco 5508 and 5520 Wireless Controllers. This flaw stems from insufficient validation of CAPWAP packets. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by sending a malformed CAPWAP packet, causing the affected device to restart. The vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.8\(120.0\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:5508_wireless_controller_firmware:8.8\(120.0\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.8\(120.0\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:5520_wireless_controller_firmware:8.8\(120.0\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.6HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0143 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-wlc-capwap-dos-Y2sD9uEw
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