What is CVE-2020-15938?

CVE-2020-15938 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2021-03-04.

How severe is CVE-2020-15938?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios

CVE-2020-15938

When traffic other than HTTP/S (eg: SSH traffic, etc...) traverses the FortiGate in version below 6.2.5 and below 6.4.2 on port 80/443, it is not redirected to the transparent proxy policy for processing, as it doesn't have a valid HTTP header.

EPSS: 0.007 (51.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Fortinet Fortios — versions FortiOS 6.4.2, 6.2.5
Fortinet Fortios

References

psirt@fortinet.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-15938?: CVE-2020-15938 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2021-03-04.
How severe is CVE-2020-15938?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.