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CVE-2020-3231

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-3231 describes a vulnerability in the 802.1X feature of Cisco Catalyst 2960-L and CDB-8P Series Switches, allowing an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to forward broadcast traffic on an 802.1X-enabled port before authentication. The vulnerability is rated Medium severity (CVSS 4.7), requiring adjacent access with low attack complexity, and could lead to unauthorized broadcast traffic transmission and reception. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
15.2\(5\)e2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.2\(5\)e2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.2\(5\)exCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.2\(5\)ex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.2\(5a\)eCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.2\(5a\)e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.2\(5b\)eCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.2\(5b\)e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.2\(5c\)eCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.2\(5c\)e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.7MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0045 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 1,802 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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-c2960L-DpWA9Re4
PatchVendor Advisory