RCE in Netsweeper

CVE-2020-13167

Netsweeper through 6.4.3 allows unauthenticated remote code execution because webadmin/tools/unixlogin.php (with certain Referer headers) launches a command line with client-supplied parameters, and allows injection of shell metacharacters.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.950 (99.9th percentile), scored .

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2020-13167: held from 0.954 to 0.950.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.954 · newest: 0.950 · change: -0.004

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-13167?
CVE-2020-13167 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Netsweeper, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-05-19.
How severe is CVE-2020-13167?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-13167 known to be exploited?
12 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.