CVE-2020-8267

medium

Description

A security issue was found in UniFi Protect controller v1.14.10 and earlier.The authentication in the UniFi Protect controller API was using “x-token” improperly, allowing attackers to use the API to send authenticated messages without a valid token.This vulnerability was fixed in UniFi Protect v1.14.11 and newer.This issue does not impact UniFi Cloud Key Gen 2 plus.This issue does not impact UDM-Pro customers with UniFi Protect stopped.Affected Products:UDM-Pro firmware 1.7.2 and earlier.UNVR firmware 1.3.12 and earlier.Mitigation:Update UniFi Protect to v1.14.11 or newer version; the UniFi Protect controller can be updated through your UniFi OS settings.Alternatively, you can update UNVR and UDM-Pro to:- UNVR firmware to 1.3.15 or newer.- UDM-Pro firmware to 1.8.0 or newer.

References

https://community.ui.com/releases/UniFi-Protect-NVR-Firmware-1-3-15/c2a783a6-c996-43d9-ab95-8c97ae05a98f

https://community.ui.com/releases/UniFi-Protect-1-14-11/928e6fac-afeb-49c2-93a5-1b3066bf2bbf

https://community.ui.com/releases/UniFi-Dream-Machine-Firmware-1-8-0/deabc255-a081-49ba-8f51-131f3a13000a

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-11-05

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00278