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CVE-2020-16152

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 35.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-11-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-829

Description

The NetConfig UI administrative interface in Extreme Networks ExtremeWireless Aerohive HiveOS and IQ Engine through 10.0r8a allows attackers to execute PHP code as the root user via remote HTTP requests that insert this code into a log file and then traverse to that file.

Affected products

• extremenetworks Aerohive Netconfig: before 10.0r8a; 10.0r8a, 10.0r8a-build242466 — fixed in 10.0r8a

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: extremenetworks Aerohive Netconfig 10.0r8a. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164957/Aerohive-NetConfig-10.0r8a-Local-File-Inclusion-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• https://gtacknowledge.extremenetworks.com/articles/Vulnerability_Notice/VN-2020-001
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164957/Aerohive-NetConfig-10.0r8a-Local-File-Inclusion-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• https://gtacknowledge.extremenetworks.com/articles/Vulnerability_Notice/VN-2020-001

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