CVE-2020-28998
A vulnerability exists in the Telnet service that allows a remote attacker to take full control of the device with a high-privileged account.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.88%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered on Geeni GNC-CW013 doorbell 1.8.1 devices. A vulnerability exists in the Telnet service that allows a remote attacker to take full control of the device with a high-privileged account. The vulnerability exists because a system account has a default and static password.
- 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
- 2.88% probability · 87th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-798
- Affected
- mygeeni/gnc-cw013 firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.9% 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://gist.github.com/tj-oconnor/e21adcf9c0539a12ad2841102928cbd5Third Party Advisory
- https://support.mygeeni.com/hc/en-usProduct
- https://gist.github.com/tj-oconnor/e21adcf9c0539a12ad2841102928cbd5Third Party Advisory
- https://support.mygeeni.com/hc/en-usProduct
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.