CVE-2020-3161
CWE-20
103.7
RPSRPS range: 0–105; KEV-listed vulnerabilities can receive an exploitation amplifier.
Description
A vulnerability in the web server for Cisco IP Phones could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute code with root privileges or cause a reload of an affected IP phone, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to a lack of proper input validation of HTTP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the web server of a targeted device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to remotely execute code with root privileges or cause a reload of an affected IP phone, resulting in a DoS condition.
Source: NVD
Signals
- CVSS
- 9.8
- Critical · v3.1
- EPSS
- 83.85%
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (FIRST)
- CISA KEV
- In CISA KEV since Nov 2021
- Fix commit
- No known fix commit
- Sources: MoreFixes, FreshFixes
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Published
- 15 Apr 2020
- Last modified 28 Oct 2025
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Data as of 7 Oct 2026, 05:16 UK time