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CVE-2020-3224

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-3224 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting the web-based user interface of Cisco IOS XE Software. It allows an authenticated, remote attacker with read-only privileges to inject IOS commands due to insufficient input validation in specific HTTP requests. A successful exploit could lead to configuration alteration or a denial of service (DoS) condition, with a CVSS score of 8.8. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
16.11.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.11.1aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.11.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.11.1bCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.11.1b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.11.1cCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.11.1c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.11.1sCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.11.1s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0181 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 17,844 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, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscopatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-webui-cmdinj-zM283Zdw
PatchVendor Advisory