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title: "CVE-2022-20699: Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers… | CubePath"
description: "Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Small Business RV160, RV260, RV340, and RV345 Series Routers could allow an attacker to do any of the following…"
language: en
source: https://cubepath.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-20699
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# CVE-2022-20699: Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers… | CubePath

## Description

Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Small Business RV160, RV260, RV340, and RV345 Series Routers could allow an attacker to do any of the following: Execute arbitrary code Elevate privileges Execute arbitrary commands Bypass authentication and authorization protections Fetch and run unsigned software Cause denial of service (DoS) For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory.

Official description from the CVE record, published by cisco. Copyright © 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CVE license. [View the record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-20699)

## Key data

### CVSS 3.1 Critical 10.0

Score published by cisco in the CVE record.

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

| Metric                 | Value   | What it means                                                                       |
| ---------------------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Attack vector          | Network | The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet. |
| Attack complexity      | Low     | No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will.               |
| Privileges required    | None    | No account or privileges are needed.                                                |
| User interaction       | None    | No action from any user is needed.                                                  |
| Scope                  | Changed | The impact can reach other components beyond the vulnerable one.                    |
| Confidentiality impact | High    | Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data.                                     |
| Integrity impact       | High    | Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data.                             |
| Availability impact    | High    | Serious or total effect on availability.                                            |

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### EPSS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.

Score

0.72458 (72.5% probability)

Percentile

99.4%

Scores of

Nov 10, 2026

Model

v2026.06.15

### CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

This CVE is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Name in the catalog

Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Added to the catalog

Mar 3, 2022

Federal due date

Mar 17, 2022

### CISA assessment as of Oct 29, 2024

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) decision points added by CISA.

Exploitation

Recorded by CISA as active

Automatable

yes

Technical impact

total

### Weakness (CWE)

CWE catalog version 5.0.

CWE names: Copyright © 2006-2026, The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CWE license.

- [CWE-121](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/121.html) Stack-based Buffer Overflow

## Affected products

Products listed in the CVE record, as the CNA published them.

- Cisco Small Business RV Series Router Firmware

  - affected: n/a

## References

Links listed in the CVE record. They lead to other sites, which CubePath does not control.

- [20220203 Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers Vulnerabilities](https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-smb-mult-vuln-KA9PK6D)  (tools.cisco.com) vendor-advisory
- [zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-414](https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-414/)
- [packetstormsecurity.com/files/167113/Cisco-RV340-SSL-VPN-Un…](http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167113/Cisco-RV340-SSL-VPN-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html)

## Timeline

1. ID reserved Nov 2, 2021
2. Record published Feb 10, 2022
3. Added to CISA KEV Mar 3, 2022
4. Record last updated Oct 21, 2025

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## About CubePath

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