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CVE-2020-6590

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-6590 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in Forcepoint Web Security Content Gateway versions prior to 8.5.4, as well as Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention and Email Security products. This flaw, categorized as CWE-611 (Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference), allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely access sensitive information due to improper XML input processing. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), the vulnerability requires no user interaction and has a high impact on confidentiality. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating low public awareness and exploitation activity.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 8.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:forcepoint:data_loss_prevention:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 8.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:forcepoint:email_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 8.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:forcepoint:web_security_content_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.05%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
60.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0105 is in the 37th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

help.forcepoint.com / security/CVE/CVE-2020-6590.html
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