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CVE-2020-15940
An improper neutralization of input vulnerability [CWE-79] in FortiClientEMS versions 6.4.1 and below and 6.2.9 and below may allow a…
Medium4.1EPSS 0.73%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- fortinet
Description
An improper neutralization of input vulnerability [CWE-79] in FortiClientEMS versions 6.4.1 and below and 6.2.9 and below may allow a remote authenticated attacker to inject malicious script/tags via the name parameter of various sections of the server.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| fortinetCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:F/RL:X/RC:X |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.73% · top 45% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.1.
Weakness
- Execute unauthorized code or commands
- CWE-79 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-79 and its CVEs
Affected products
Fortinet · Fortinet FortiClientEMS
- affected FortiClientEMS 6.4.1, 6.4.0, 6.2.9, 6.2.8, 6.2.7, 6.2.6, 6.2.4, 6.2.3, 6.2.2, 6.2.1, 6.2.0, 6.0.8, 6.0.6, 6.0.5, 6.0.4, 6.0.3, 6.0.2, 6.0.1, 6.0.0
References (1)
- https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-20-067 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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