CVE-2020-15940
Published: 02 November 2021
Summary
CVE-2020-15940 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Fortinet Forticlient Enterprise Management Server. Its CVSS base score is 4.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 48.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2020-7911
Vulnerability details
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.
- 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.