Vulnerability · Published Oct 12, 2020 · Assigned by sonicwall

CVE-2020-5142

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in SonicOS from SonicWall. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.3% (higher than 70% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS NVD)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 30.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the SonicOS SSLVPN web interface. A remote unauthenticated attacker is able to store and potentially execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the firewall SSLVPN portal. This vulnerability affected SonicOS Gen 5 version 5.9.1.7, 5.9.1.13, Gen 6 version 6.5.4.7, 6.5.1.12, 6.0.5.3, SonicOSv 6.5.4.v and Gen 7 version SonicOS 7.0.0.0.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
SonicWall SonicOS SonicOS 6.5.4.7-79n and earlierSonicOS 5.9.1.7-2n and earlierSonicOS 5.9.1.13-5n and earlierSonicOS 6.5.1.11-4n and earlierSonicOS 6.0.5.3-93o and earlierSonicOSv 6.5.4.4-44v-21-794 and earlierSonicOS 7.0.0.0-1

Weakness: CWE-79

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