CVE-2022-20699 is a critical vulnerability affecting Cisco Small Business RV160, RV260, RV340, and RV345 Series Routers, allowing for arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation, authentication bypass, and denial of service. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, with public Metasploit modules available, and has garnered significant community and media attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.0.03.24CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:rv340_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.0.03.24CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:rv340w_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.0.03.24CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:rv345_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.0.03.24CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:rv345p_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.