How severe is CVE-2020-28918?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Deepnetsecurity Dualshield

CVE-2020-28918

DualShield 5.9.8.0821 allows username enumeration on its login form. A valid username results in prompting for the password, whereas an invalid one will produce an "unknown username" error message.

EPSS: 0.010 (60.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Deepnetsecurity Dualshield — versions 5.9.8.0821
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-28918?: CVE-2020-28918 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Deepnetsecurity Dualshield. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-02-16.
How severe is CVE-2020-28918?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.