CVE-2020-6648: fortinet fortigate and fortiproxy
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2020-6648 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in fortinet fortigate and fortiproxy. EPSS estimates a 0.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 21-10-2020PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 25-10-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- CVE.orgCNA5.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.58%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
47%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.58% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Fortinet3 products
- fortigate and fortiproxyFortiOS versions 6.2.4 and earlier and FortiProxy 2.0.0, 1.2.9 and earlier.
- fortios< 6.0.12 | ≥ 6.2.0, < 6.2.5
- fortiproxy< 1.2.10 | 2.0.0
1 vendor · 3 products