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CVE-2020-16262

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-10-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

Winston 1.5.4 devices have a local www-data user that is overly permissioned, resulting in root privilege escalation.

Affected products

• Winstonprivacy Winston Firmware: 1.5.4

References

• https://labs.bishopfox.com/advisories/winston-privacy-version-1.5.4
• https://winstonprivacy.com/
• https://labs.bishopfox.com/advisories/winston-privacy-version-1.5.4
• https://winstonprivacy.com/

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