CVE-2020-16262

7.8 highEPSS 0.4%

High (7.8) in winstonprivacy winston firmware. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

Severity

7.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 37% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-269
Published: 2020-10-28
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19