CVE-2020-16152
The NetConfig UI administrative interface in Extreme Networks ExtremeWireless Aerohive HiveOS and...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-16152- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-829
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-16152- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-8118 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2020-8118- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r23h-9vch-4xm4 No score
The NetConfig UI administrative interface in Extreme Networks ExtremeWireless Aerohive HiveOS and...
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.
- Record
GHSA-r23h-9vch-4xm4- Weakness
- CWE-829
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Metasploit | Aerohive NetConfig 10.0r8a LFI and log poisoning to RCE | 2020-02-17 |
| PoC in GitHub | Nate0634034090/nate158g-m-w-n-l-p-d-a-o-e | 2022-01-02 |
| PoC in GitHub | eriknl/CVE-2020-16152 | 2020-08-30 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-16152 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Extremenetworks Aerohive Netconfig, published November 14, 2021. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 35.5%, the 98th percentile. No source names a fixed version.