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CVE-2020-15937 (GCVE-0-2020-15937)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-03-03 15:45 – Updated: 2024-10-25 14:00
VLAI
Summary
An improper neutralization of input vulnerability in FortiGate version 6.2.x below 6.2.5 and 6.4.x below 6.4.1 may allow a remote attacker to perform a stored cross site scripting attack (XSS) via the IPS and WAF logs dashboard.
Severity
4.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-23 13:59 UTC
CWE
  • Execute unauthorized code or commands
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-20-068 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Fortinet Fortinet FortiOS Affected: FortiOS 6.4.1, 6.2.5
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