What is CVE-2020-5720?

CVE-2020-5720 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mikrotik Winbox, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2020-02-06.

How severe is CVE-2020-5720?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Mikrotik Winbox

CVE-2020-5720

MikroTik WinBox before 3.21 is vulnerable to a path traversal vulnerability that allows creation of arbitrary files wherevere WinBox has write permissions. WinBox is vulnerable to this attack if it connects to a malicious endpoint or if an…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.011 (60.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Mikrotik Winbox
N/a Mikrotik Winbox — versions All versions prior to version 3.21

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

vulnreport@tenable.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5720?: CVE-2020-5720 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mikrotik Winbox, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2020-02-06.
How severe is CVE-2020-5720?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.