Is CVE-2020-6648 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-6648 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-6648?

CVE-2020-6648 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-6648?

CVE-2020-6648 has an EPSS score of 0.57% (43th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-6648?

Upgrade fortios to 6.2.5 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-6648

MEDIUM

5.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A cleartext storage of sensitive information vulnerability in FortiOS command line interface in versions 6.2.4 and earlier and FortiProxy 2.0.0, 1.2.9 and earlier may allow an authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information such as users passwords by connecting to FortiGate CLI and executing the "diag sys ha checksum show" command.

CWE-312

How to fix

Remediation Available

fortiosNVD

Affected:>= 6.2.0, < 6.2.5Fixed in:6.2.5CVE-2020-6648derived from NVD

fortiproxyNVD

Affected:< 1.2.10Fixed in:1.2.10CVE-2020-6648derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.57%probability of exploitation in 30 days

43rdpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 43% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

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CVE-2023-50719	High	7.5	84%	-	Fix
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CVE-2020-24577	High	7.5	19%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-27140	High	7.5	19%	-	-
CVE-2021-27176	High	7.5	19%	-	-
CVE-2021-27174	High	7.5	19%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.