CVE-2020-8126
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 7, 2020 at 02:56 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:25 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorEdgeswitch
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
Description
A privilege escalation in the EdgeSwitch prior to version 1.7.1, an CGI script don't fully sanitize the user input resulting in local commands execution, allowing an operator user (Privilege-1) to escalate privileges and became administrator (Privilege-15).
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 1.7.11.7.0
Affected range stops below 1.7.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (1)
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-78
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