What is CVE-2020-5141?

CVE-2020-5141 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sonicwall Sonicos, classified under CWE-799. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-10-12.

How severe is CVE-2020-5141?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Sonicwall Sonicos

CVE-2020-5141

A vulnerability in SonicOS allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to brute force Virtual Assist ticket ID in the firewall SSLVPN service. This vulnerability affected SonicOS Gen 5 version 5.9.1.7, 5.9.1.13, Gen 6 version 6.5.4.7, 6.5.1.1…

EPSS: 0.013 (66.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Sonicwall Sonicos — versions SonicOS 5.9.1.13-5n and earlier, SonicOS 6.5.4.7-79n and earlier, 7.0.0.0
Sonicwall Sonicosv

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-799
CWE-307 — Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

References

PSIRT@sonicwall.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5141?: CVE-2020-5141 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sonicwall Sonicos, classified under CWE-799. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-10-12.
How severe is CVE-2020-5141?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.