What is CVE-2020-3973?

CVE-2020-3973 is a high-severity vulnerability in Arista Velocloud Orchestrator, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-07-08.

How severe is CVE-2020-3973?

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

SQL Injection in Arista Velocloud Orchestrator

CVE-2020-3973

The VeloCloud Orchestrator does not apply correct input validation which allows for blind SQL-injection. A malicious actor with tenant access to Velocloud Orchestrator could enter specially crafted SQL queries and obtain data to which they are not privileged.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2020-07-08 · last modified 2026-07-28.

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: 0.011 (65.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 65.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Arista Velocloud Orchestrator — versions 3.3.2, 3.4.0
Linux Kernel
VMware Velocloud Orchestrator — versions 3.3.2, 3.4.0
VMware Sd-Wan By Velocloud — versions VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud 3.2.x, 3.3.x prior to 3.3.2 p2, 3.4.x prior to 3.4.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0016.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-3973?: CVE-2020-3973 is a high-severity vulnerability in Arista Velocloud Orchestrator, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-07-08.
How severe is CVE-2020-3973?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.