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CVE-2020-12812

89
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-12812 is a critical improper authentication vulnerability in FortiOS SSL VPN, affecting versions 6.4.0, 6.2.0-6.2.3, and 6.0.9 and below. This flaw allows attackers to bypass FortiToken multi-factor authentication by manipulating the case of a user's username. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a critical risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This vulnerability is actively exploited, including in known ransomware campaigns, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, despite a lack of public exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 6.0.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.2.0, < 6.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
49.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Nov 3, 2021
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4934 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

fortinetvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
fortiguard.com / psirt/FG-IR-19-283
Vendor Advisory