CVE-2020-16262: Winstonprivacy Winston Firmware

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Winston 1.5.4 devices have a local www-data user that is overly permissioned, resulting in root privilege escalation.

Affected products

• Winstonprivacy Winston Firmware: version 1.5.4 only

Published 2020-10-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.