CVE-2020-8233 is a command injection vulnerability affecting EdgeSwitch firmware versions prior to 1.9.0, allowing an authenticated read-only user to execute arbitrary shell commands via the HTTP interface, leading to privilege escalation. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), indicating a critical risk due to its network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability has a high FAUCET Risk Score, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ui:edgeswitch_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.