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CVE-2020-5242

HIGH · CVSS 7.7 EPSS 1.97% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-02-20 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
github.com ↗ github.com ↗

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CVE
CVE-2020-5242
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.7
EPSS
1.97%

Original NVD Description

openHAB before 2.5.2 allow a remote attacker to use REST calls to install the EXEC binding or EXEC transformation service and execute arbitrary commands on the system with the privileges of the user running openHAB. Starting with version 2.5.2 all commands need to be whitelisted in a local file which cannot be changed via REST calls.