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CVE-2020-7357CMS OS Command Injection

Cayin CMS suffers from an authenticated OS semi-blind command injection vulnerability using default credentials.

Published Aug 6, 2020 · Updated Nov 21, 2024

Key Facts

Patch immediately
  • CVE-2020-7357 is a critical-severity vulnerability (CVSS 9.9 v3.1) affecting CMS-20 Firmware (Cayintech), CMS-40 Firmware (Cayintech), CMS-60 Firmware (Cayintech) and 8 more products.
  • It is not listed in any known-exploited vulnerabilities catalog. Public exploit code is available.
  • EPSS estimates a 32% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
  • No fixed version is listed yet; check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
  • Brandefense priority: patch immediately, because public exploit code exists for a high-severity flaw.

Scores

CVSS v3.1

9.9

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

EPSS (30-day exploit likelihood)

32%

Higher than 98.3% of all scored CVEs

Exploit maturity

Weaponized

ATLAS score

51/100

Publication score, see How it works

Exploitation Verdict

KEV listed

Not listed

Federal due date

None

No federal due date

Ransomware use

Not reported

Attributed actors

None named

Exploit & Defence Guidance

Exploit maturity

Weaponized

Public exploit code

1

Proof-of-concept links

In-the-wild evidence

1

Reports of active use

Description

Cayin CMS suffers from an authenticated OS semi-blind command injection vulnerability using default credentials. This can be exploited to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands as the root user through the 'NTP_Server_IP' HTTP POST parameter in system.cgi page. This issue affects several branches and versions of the CMS application, including CME-SE, CMS-60, CMS-40, CMS-20, and CMS version 8.2, 8.0, and 7.5.

Affected Products

18 affected entries in total
ProductAffected versionsFixed in
CMS-20 FirmwareCayintech9.0-14092, 9.0-14197n/a
CMS-40 FirmwareCayintech9.0-14093, 9.0-14197, 9.0-14199n/a
CMS-60 FirmwareCayintech11.0-19025n/a
CMSCayintech7.5-11175, 8.0-11175, 8.2-12199n/a
CMS-Se FirmwareCayintech11.0-18325, 11.0-19025, 11.0-19179n/a
6 more affected products in the full CVE brief

Timeline

  1. Publicly disclosed

    Aug 6, 2020

  2. Last updated

    Nov 21, 2024

Weakness Type

  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

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Figures as of Oct 19, 2026. Compiled by Brandefense technologies from public vulnerability catalogs; scoring as described in How it works.

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