What is CVE-2020-7140?

CVE-2020-7140 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HP Icewall Sso Dfw, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-07-08.

How severe is CVE-2020-7140?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in HP Icewall Sso Dfw

CVE-2020-7140

A security vulnerability in HPE IceWall SSO Dfw and Dgfw (Domain Gateway Option) could be exploited remotely to cause a remote cross-site scripting (XSS). HPE has provided the following information to resolve this vulnerability in HPE IceWall SSO DFW and Dgfw: https://www.hpe.com/jp/icewall_patchaccess

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-07-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (56.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

HP Icewall Sso Dfw — versions 11.0
HP Icewall Sso Dgfw — versions 11.0
Microsoft Windows
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Icewall Sso Dfw; Dgfw — versions 11.0 (RHEL and Windows)

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7140?: CVE-2020-7140 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HP Icewall Sso Dfw, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-07-08.
How severe is CVE-2020-7140?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.