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CVE-2020-5720

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-02-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

MikroTik WinBox before 3.21 is vulnerable to a path traversal vulnerability that allows creation of arbitrary files wherevere WinBox has write permissions. WinBox is vulnerable to this attack if it connects to a malicious endpoint or if an attacker mounts a man in the middle attack.

Affected products

• MikroTik WinBox: before 3.21 — fixed in 3.21

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: MikroTik WinBox 3.21. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-07
• https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-07

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