CVE-2020-8126 Command injection in EdgeSwitch
A command injection vulnerability in EdgeSwitch allows a low-privilege operator to execute arbitrary commands and escalate to administrator privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-8126?
CVE-2020-8126 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in EdgeSwitch, published on 7 Feb 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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).
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-8126?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ui Edgeswitch.
How do I fix CVE-2020-8126?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-8126 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2020-8126 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8126 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jwff-27h9-qvq4.