CVE-2020-25079

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-08-05. Federal remediation due 2025-08-26.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

52.72% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 98.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2020-09-02 15:33Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:35Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2020-09-02

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-77Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')Class

Data version

5.1

Document digest

7cebbea314714c9bffa33c24da770731dd414a4c4cb6430920a7fa97652dbd97

• supportannouncement.us.dlink.comhttps://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10180x_refsource_MISC
• twitter.comhttps://twitter.com/Dogonsecurity/status/1271265152118259712x_refsource_MISC
• support.dlink.comhttps://support.dlink.com/productinfo.aspx?m=DCS-2530Lproduct
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-25079government-resource