CVE-2020-15937

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Published Mar 3, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 4.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Fortinet

Fortinet FortiOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`FortiOS 6.4.1, 6.2.5`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios::::::::

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-7908	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.830% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-20-068

History

Feb 23, 2026 7:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Fortinet Fortios

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Oct 25, 2024, 2:00 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: fortinet
Published: Mar 3, 2021, 3:45 PM
Updated: Oct 25, 2024, 2:00 PM
Reserved: Jul 24, 2020, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 1:30 PM

Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 1:30 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 2:57 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 3, 2021, 4:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 2:57 AM

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