What is CVE-2020-6648?

CVE-2020-6648 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortigate And Fortiproxy, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-10-21.

How severe is CVE-2020-6648?

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

Vulnerability in Fortinet Fortigate And Fortiproxy

CVE-2020-6648

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.

EPSS: 0.006 (44.1th 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

Fortinet Fortigate And Fortiproxy — versions FortiOS versions 6.2.4 and earlier and FortiProxy 2.0.0, 1.2.9 and earlier.
Fortinet Fortios
Fortinet Fortiproxy — versions 2.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-312 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

psirt@fortinet.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@fortinet.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-6648?: CVE-2020-6648 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortigate And Fortiproxy, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-10-21.
How severe is CVE-2020-6648?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.