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CVE-2020-8515

98
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-8515 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting DrayTek Vigor2960, Vigor3900, and Vigor300B devices, allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute commands as root via shell metacharacters in the cgi-bin/mainfunction.cgi URI. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It is actively exploited in the wild, listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and has publicly available exploit code, including an ExploitDB entry and Nuclei templates. The high EPSS score, extensive community discussion, and significant media coverage further underscore its severe and widespread impact.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:draytek:vigor2960_firmware:1.3.1:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:draytek:vigor300b_firmware:1.3.3:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:draytek:vigor300b_firmware:1.4.2.1:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:draytek:vigor300b_firmware:1.4.4:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:draytek:vigor3900_firmware:1.4.4:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
99.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
100.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Nov 3, 2021
Nuclei: CVE-2020-8515 · Jan 28, 2021
ExploitDB: EDB-48268 · Mar 30, 2020
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9999 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
packetstormsecurity.com / files/156979/DrayTek-Vigor2960-Vigor3900-Vigor300B-Remote-Command-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
sku11army.blogspot.com / 2020/01/draytek-unauthenticated-rce-in-draytek.html
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
draytek.com / about/security-advisory/vigor3900-/-vigor2960-/-vigor300b-router-web-management-page-vulnerability-%28cve-2020-8515%29
Vendor Advisory