CVE-2020-5525 is a critical vulnerability affecting specific firmware versions of NEC Aterm WF1200C, WG1200CR, and WG2600HS routers. An authenticated attacker on the same network segment can exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary operating system commands with root privileges through the management interface. With a CVSS score of 8.0 (High), this vulnerability presents a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:nec:aterm_wg2600hs_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:nec:aterm_wf1200c_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:nec:aterm_wg1200cr_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.