What is CVE-2020-24246?

CVE-2020-24246 is a high-severity vulnerability in Peplink Balance 1350. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-10-07.

How severe is CVE-2020-24246?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Peplink Balance 1350

CVE-2020-24246

Peplink Balance before 8.1.0rc1 allows an unauthenticated attacker to download PHP configuration files (/filemanager/php/connector.php) from Web Admin.

Published 2020-10-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (68.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 68.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

References

download.peplink.com/resources/firmware-8.1.0rc1-release-notes.pdf (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
blog.bssi.fr/cve-2020-24246-leaking-source-file-using-the-web-admin-interface-o… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-24246?: CVE-2020-24246 is a high-severity vulnerability in Peplink Balance 1350. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-10-07.
How severe is CVE-2020-24246?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.