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.

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)

EPSS: 0.954 (99.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Netsweeper
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

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.