CVE-2020-29299

Description

Certain Zyxel products allow command injection by an admin via an input string to chg_exp_pwd during a password-change action. This affects VPN On-premise before ZLD V4.39 week38, VPN Orchestrator before SD-OS V10.03 week32, USG before ZLD V4.39 week38, USG FLEX before ZLD V4.55 week38, ATP before ZLD V4.55 week38, and NSG before 1.33 patch 4.

Category

7.2
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.86% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory zyxel.com Vendor Advisory zyxel.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.zyxel.com/us/en/support/security_advisories.shtml vendor advisory
https://www.zyxel.com/support/Zyxel-security-advisory-for-command-injection-vulnerability-of-firewalls.shtml vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-29299?
CVE-2020-29299 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-29299?
To fix CVE-2020-29299, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-29299 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2020-29299 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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