CVE-2020-8188

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-07-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-77

Description

We have recently released new version of UniFi Protect firmware v1.13.3 and v1.14.10 for Unifi Cloud Key Gen2 Plus and UniFi Dream Machine Pro/UNVR respectively that fixes vulnerabilities found on Protect firmware v1.13.2, v1.14.9 and prior according to the description below:View only users can run certain custom commands which allows them to assign themselves unauthorized roles and escalate their privileges.

Affected products

Protect for UniFi Cloud Key Gen2 Plus, UniFi Dream Machine Pro, UNVR: through 1.13.2; through 1.14.9

References

https://community.ui.com/releases/Security-advisory-bulletin-012-012/1bba9134-f888-4010-81c0-b0dd53b9bda4
https://community.ui.com/releases/UniFi-Protect-1-13-3/f4be7d35-93a3-422b-8eef-122e442c00ba
https://community.ui.com/releases/UniFi-Protect-1-14-10/48a8dbdd-b872-47fa-bbde-1d24ddf5d5b5
https://community.ui.com/releases/Security-advisory-bulletin-012-012/1bba9134-f888-4010-81c0-b0dd53b9bda4
https://community.ui.com/releases/UniFi-Protect-1-13-3/f4be7d35-93a3-422b-8eef-122e442c00ba
https://community.ui.com/releases/UniFi-Protect-1-14-10/48a8dbdd-b872-47fa-bbde-1d24ddf5d5b5

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