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CVE-2020-10987

9.8, critical Known exploited

Tenda AC1900 Router AC15 Model Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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CVSS
9.8, critical critical CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
80% higher than 99.6% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
Confirmed in the wild
Published
13 Jul 20206 years ago

Known exploited

CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 3 Nov 2021. US federal agencies had to remediate by 3 May 2022, a deadline that has passed.

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Description

The goform/setUsbUnload endpoint of Tenda AC15 AC1900 version 15.03.05.19 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary system commands via the deviceName POST parameter.

Details

Vendor
Tenda
Product
Ac15 Firmware
Weakness
CWE-78 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Analyzed
Updated
17 Jun 2026
Assigner
cve@mitre.org

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

References 3

Exploit code 1

Advisories 1

Other references 1

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

Other Tenda CVEs

Every Tenda CVE we hold

Same vendor in what we hold, not a known link between the flaws.

  • CVE-2021-31755 Tenda AC11 Router Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability KEV EPSS 87% 9.8, critical
  • CVE-2018-14558 Tenda AC7, AC9, and AC10 Routers Command Injection Vulnerability KEV EPSS 9% 9.8, critical

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 17 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.