CVE-2020-27555
Use of default credentials for the telnet server in BASETech GE-131 BT-1837836 firmware 20180921 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary system commands as the root user.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.54%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Use of default credentials for the telnet server in BASETech GE-131 BT-1837836 firmware 20180921 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary system commands as the root user.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.54% probability · 85th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1188
- Affected
- basetech/ge-131 bt-1837836 firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://infosec.rm-it.de/2020/11/04/basetech-ip-camera-analysis/#vulnsExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://infosec.rm-it.de/2020/11/04/basetech-ip-camera-analysis/#vulnsExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.