What is CVE-2020-8258?

CVE-2020-8258 is a high-severity vulnerability in Citrix Gateway Plug-In, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-12-14.

How severe is CVE-2020-8258?

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

Privilege escalation in Citrix Gateway Plug-In

CVE-2020-8258

Improper privilege management on services run by Citrix Gateway Plug-in for Windows, versions before and including 13.0-61.48 and 12.1-58.15, allows an attacker to modify arbitrary files.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.013 (66.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Citrix Gateway_plug-in
N/a Citrix Gateway Plug-in For Windows — versions Versions before and including 13.0-61.48 and 12.1-58.15

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

support@hackerone.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-8258?: CVE-2020-8258 is a high-severity vulnerability in Citrix Gateway Plug-In, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-12-14.
How severe is CVE-2020-8258?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.