What is CVE-2020-14081?

CVE-2020-14081 is a high-severity vulnerability in Trendnet Tew-827dru, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-06-15.

How severe is CVE-2020-14081?

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

RCE in Trendnet Tew-827dru

CVE-2020-14081

TRENDnet TEW-827DRU devices through 2.06B04 contain multiple command injections in apply.cgi via the action send_log_email with the key auth_acname (or auth_passwd), allowing an authenticated user to run arbitrary commands on the device.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2020-06-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

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

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.022 (82.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 82.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

github.com/kuc001/IoTFirmware/blob/master/Trendnet/TEW-827/send_log_email_comma… (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-14081?: CVE-2020-14081 is a high-severity vulnerability in Trendnet Tew-827dru, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-06-15.
How severe is CVE-2020-14081?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.