What is CVE-2018-20342?

CVE-2018-20342 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Floureon Sp012, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2018-12-21.

How severe is CVE-2018-20342?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Floureon Sp012

CVE-2018-20342

The Floureon IP Camera SP012 provides a root terminal on a UART serial interface without proper access control. This allows attackers with physical access to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2018-12-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (46.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 47th percentile — 46.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Floureon Sp012

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

neolex-security.fr/blog/8/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
neolex-security.fr/article/obtenir-un-shell-root-par-les-ports-uart-sur-une-cam… (Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)
neolex-security.fr/blog/7/ (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20342?: CVE-2018-20342 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Floureon Sp012, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2018-12-21.
How severe is CVE-2018-20342?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.