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critical 9.8

CVE-2020-16152 in the critical feed json

The NetConfig UI administrative interface in Extreme Networks ExtremeWireless Aerohive HiveOS and IQ Engine through 10.0r8a allows attacker…

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-8118

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
35.5%
EPSS 35.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Metasploit

Summary

The NetConfig UI administrative interface in Extreme Networks ExtremeWireless Aerohive HiveOS and IQ Engine through 10.0r8a allows attackers to execute PHP code as the root user via remote HTTP requests that insert this code into a log file and then traverse to that file.

Patch / fix

  • extremenetworks aerohive_netconfig 10.0r8a

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/unix/webapp/aerohive_netconfig_lfi_log_poison_rce)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

35.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-829 Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

References

Sources

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