CVE-2020-8188 Command injection in Protect for UniFi Cloud Key Gen2 Plus, UniFi Dream Machine Pro, UNVR
View-only users can execute custom commands to assign unauthorized roles and escalate privileges in UniFi Protect firmware.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-8188?
CVE-2020-8188 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Protect for UniFi Cloud Key Gen2 Plus, UniFi Dream Machine Pro, UNVR, published on 2 Jul 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
We have recently released new version of UniFi Protect firmware v1.13.3 and v1.14.10 for Unifi Cloud Key Gen2 Plus and UniFi Dream Machine Pro/UNVR respectively that fixes vulnerabilities found on Protect firmware v1.13.2, v1.14.9 and prior according to the description below:View only users can run certain custom commands which allows them to assign themselves unauthorized roles and escalate their privileges.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-8188?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ui Unifi Protect Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2020-8188?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-8188 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-2020-8188 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8188 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Protect for UniFi Cloud Key Gen2 Plus, UniFi Dream Machine Pro, UNVR
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7w4m-8p49-vggp.