HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2020-7116

Clearpass Policy Manager vulnerability

CVSS
7.2
EPSS
3.3%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
The ClearPass Policy Manager WebUI administrative interface has an authenticated command remote execution. When the attacker is already authenticated to the administrative interface, they could then exploit the system, leading to remote command execution in the underlying operating system. Resolution: Fixed in 6.7.13-HF, 6.8.5-HF, 6.8.6, 6.9.1 and higher.
Affected vendor
Arubanetworks
Affected product
Clearpass Policy Manager
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2020-06-03

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring high privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-7116

  • Confirm whether Arubanetworks Clearpass Policy Manager is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-7116.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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