CVE-2020-16258
Winston 1.5.4 devices make use of a Monit service (not managed during the normal user process)...
Winston 1.5.4 devices make use of a Monit service (not managed during the normal user process) which is configured with default credentials.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Winston 1.5.4 devices make use of a Monit service (not managed during the normal user process) which is configured with default credentials.
- Record
CVE-2020-16258- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Winston 1.5.4 devices make use of a Monit service (not managed during the normal user process) which is configured with default credentials.
- Record
CVE-2020-16258- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-8219 No score
Winston 1.5.4 devices make use of a Monit service (not managed during the normal user process) which is configured with default credentials.
- Record
EUVD-2020-8219- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jcj3-v9q6-fvg4 No score
Winston 1.5.4 devices make use of a Monit service (not managed during the normal user process)...
Winston 1.5.4 devices make use of a Monit service (not managed during the normal user process) which is configured with default credentials.
- Record
GHSA-jcj3-v9q6-fvg4- Weakness
- CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-16258 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Winstonprivacy Winston Firmware, published October 28, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.39%, the 33rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.