CVE-2020-8233
A command injection vulnerability exists in EdgeSwitch firmware <v1.9.0 that allowed an...
A command injection vulnerability exists in EdgeSwitch firmware <v1.9.0 that allowed an authenticated read-only user to execute arbitrary shell commands over the HTTP interface, allowing them to escalate privileges.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
8.8
A command injection vulnerability exists in EdgeSwitch firmware <v1.9.0 that allowed an authenticated read-only user to execute arbitrary shell commands over the HTTP interface, allowing them to escalate privileges.
- Record
CVE-2020-8233- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-77, CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A command injection vulnerability exists in EdgeSwitch firmware <v1.9.0 that allowed an authenticated read-only user to execute arbitrary shell commands over the HTTP interface, allowing them to escalate privileges.
- Record
CVE-2020-8233- Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-29105 No score
A command injection vulnerability exists in EdgeSwitch firmware <v1.9.0 that allowed an authenticated read-only user to execute arbitrary shell commands over the HTTP interface, allowing them to escalate privileges.
- Record
EUVD-2020-29105- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wg23-cr77-5r75
8.8
A command injection vulnerability exists in EdgeSwitch firmware <v1.9.0 that allowed an...
A command injection vulnerability exists in EdgeSwitch firmware <v1.9.0 that allowed an authenticated read-only user to execute arbitrary shell commands over the HTTP interface, allowing them to escalate privileges.
- Record
GHSA-wg23-cr77-5r75- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2020:1652-1 No score
Security update for nextcloud
This update for nextcloud fixes the following issues:
nextcloud version 20.0.0 fix some security issues:
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NC-SA-2020-037 PIN for passwordless WebAuthm is asked for but not verified
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NC-SA-2020-033 (CVE-2020-8228) Missing rate limit on signup page
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NC-SA-2020-029 (CVE-2020-8233, boo#1177346) Re-Sharing allows increase of privileges
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NC-SA-2020-026 Passowrd of share by mail is not hashed when given on the create share call
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NC-SA-2020-023 Increase random used for encryption
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Update to 19.0.3
- Fix possible leaking scope in Flow (server#22410)
- Combine body-login rules in theming and fix twofactor and guest styling on bright colors (server#22427)
- Show better quota warning for group folders and external storage (server#22442)
- Add php docs build script (server#22448)
- Fix clicks on actions menu of non opaque file rows in acceptance tests (server#22503)
- Fix writing BLOBs to postgres with recent contacts interaction (server#22515)
- Set the mount id before calling storage wrapper (server#22519)
- Fix S3 error handling (server#22521)
- Only disable zip64 if the size is known (server#22537)
- Change free space calculation (server#22553)
- Do not keep the part file if the forbidden exception has no retry set (server#22560)
- Fix app password updating out of bounds (server#22569)
- Use the correct root to determinate the webroot for the resource (server#22579)
- Upgrade icewind/smb to 3.2.7 (server#22581)
- Bump elliptic from 6.4.1 to 6.5.3 (notifications#732)
- Fixes regression that prevented you from toggling the encryption flag (privacy#489)
- Match any non-whitespace character in filesystem pattern (serverinfo#229)
- Catch StorageNotAvailable exceptions (text#1001)
- Harden read only check on public endpoints (text#1017)
- Harden check when using token from memcache (text#1020)
- Sessionid is an int (text#1029)
- Only overwrite Ctrl-f when text is focussed (text#990)
- Set the X-Requested-With header on dav requests (viewer#582)
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Update to 19.0.2
- [stable19] lower minimum search length to 2 characters (server#21782)
- [stable19] Call openssl_pkey_export with $config and log errors. (server#21804)
- [stable19] Improve error reporting on sharing errors (server#21806)
- [stable19] Do not log RequestedRangeNotSatisfiable exceptions in DAV (server#21840)
- [stable19] Fix parsing of language code (server#21857)
- [stable19] fix typo in revokeShare() (server#21876)
- [stable19] Discourage webauthn user interaction (server#21917)
- [stable19] Encryption is ready if master key is enabled (server#21935)
- [stable19] Disable fragile comments tests (server#21939)
- [stable19] Do not double encode the userid in webauthn login (server#21953)
- [stable19] update icewind/smb to 3.2.6 (server#21955)
- [stable19] Respect default share permissions (server#21967)
- [stable19] allow admin to configure the max trashbin size (server#21975)
- [stable19] Fix risky test in twofactor_backupcodes (server#21978)
- [stable19] Fix PHPUnit deprecation warnings (server#21981)
- [stable19] fix moving files from external storage to object store trashbin (server#21983)
- [stable19] Ignore whitespace in sharing by mail (server#21991)
- [stable19] Properly fetch translation for remote wipe confirmation dialog (server#22036)
- [stable19] parse_url returns null in case a parameter is not found (server#22044)
- Bump elliptic from 6.5.2 to 6.5.3 (server#22050)
- [stable19] Correctly remove usergroup shares on removing group members (server#22053)
- [stable19] Fix height to big for iPhone when using many apps (server#22064)
- [stable19] reset the cookie internally in new API when abandoning paged results op (server#22069)
- [stable19] Add Guzzle's InvalidArgumentException (server#22070)
- [stable19] contactsmanager shall limit number of results early (server#22091)
- [stable19] Fix browser freeze on long password input…
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2020:1652-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
nextcloudSUSE:Package Hub 12 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 20.0.0-bp152.2.3.1 | 20.0.0-bp152.2.3.1 |
nextcloudSUSE:Package Hub 15 SP1 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 20.0.0-bp152.2.3.1 | 20.0.0-bp152.2.3.1 |
nextcloudSUSE:Package Hub 15 SP2 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 20.0.0-bp152.2.3.1 | 20.0.0-bp152.2.3.1 |
nextcloudopenSUSE:Leap 15.1 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 20.0.0-bp152.2.3.1 | 20.0.0-bp152.2.3.1 |
nextcloudopenSUSE:Leap 15.2 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 20.0.0-bp152.2.3.1 | 20.0.0-bp152.2.3.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-8233 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Ui Edgeswitch Firmware, published August 17, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.42%, the 91st percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
community.ui.com/releases/Security-advisory-bulletin-014-014/1c32c056-2c64-4e60-ac23-ce7d8f387821
community.ui.com/releases/EdgeMAX-EdgeSwitch-Firmware-v1-9-1-v1-9-1/8a87dfc5-70f5-4055-8d67-570db1f5695c
ui.com/download/edgemax
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00019.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8233
github.com/advisories/GHSA-wg23-cr77-5r75
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lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/WWBOJYWMDZM3KUZWE3WE7OUUHDQ6Z7BX
bugzilla.suse.com/1171572
bugzilla.suse.com/1171579
bugzilla.suse.com/1177346
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8154
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8155
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8183
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8228
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8233
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