CVE-2020-15937
Published: 03 March 2021
Summary
CVE-2020-15937 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios. Its CVSS base score is 4.7 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 49.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2020-7908
Vulnerability details
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.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.