CVE-2022-20701

Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers Vulnerabilities

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 10, 2022 at 05:06 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:24 AM UTC
9 products affected across 1 vendorRV340W FirmwareRV345 FirmwareRV345P Firmware

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploitation
CISA KEV
Exploit prediction
EPSS 10%
SSVC
Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score9.7%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 9.7% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 95% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

A vulnerability in Cisco Small Business RV160, RV260, RV340, and RV345 Series Routers could allow an attacker to do any of the following: Execute arbitrary code elevate privileges, execute arbitrary commands, bypass authentication and authorization protections, fetch and run unsigned software, or cause a denial of service (DoS).

Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Added to KEV
Mar 3, 2022
Remediation Due
Mar 17, 2022
1686 days overdue

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Small Business RV160, RV260, RV340, and RV345 Series Routers could allow an attacker to do any of the following: Execute arbitrary code Elevate privileges Execute arbitrary commands Bypass authentication and authorization protections Fetch and run unsigned software Cause denial of service (DoS) For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 1.0.03.24
cisco-rv340 (same device)
v ≤ 1.0.03.24
cisco-rv340w (same device)
v ≤ 1.0.03.24
cisco-rv345 (same device)
v ≤ 1.0.03.24
cisco-rv345p (same device)
80%
All versions
All versions
80%
All versions
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveAutomatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-121CWE-787

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