CVE-2020-8126 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch devices running firmware prior to version 1.7.1. This flaw, rated High severity (CVSS 7.8), stems from insufficient sanitization of user input in a CGI script, allowing an authenticated operator (Privilege-1) to execute local commands and escalate privileges to administrator (Privilege-15). While the vulnerability has a high potential impact (CWE-78), there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ui:edgeswitch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.