What is CVE-2020-13976?

CVE-2020-13976 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dd-Wrt, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-06-09.

How severe is CVE-2020-13976?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

RCE in Dd-Wrt

CVE-2020-13976

An issue was discovered in DD-WRT through 16214. The Diagnostic page allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the host field of the ping command. Exploitation through CSRF might be possible. NOTE: software maintainers consider the report invalid because it refers to an old software version, requires administrative privileges, and does not provide access beyond that already available to administrative users

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.018 (75.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Dd-wrt
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-13976?: CVE-2020-13976 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dd-Wrt, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-06-09.
How severe is CVE-2020-13976?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.