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CVE-2020-28647

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-11-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

In Progress MOVEit Transfer before 2020.1, a malicious user could craft and store a payload within the application. If a victim within the MOVEit Transfer instance interacts with the stored payload, it could invoke and execute arbitrary code within the context of the victim's browser (XSS).

Affected products

• Progress MOVEit Transfer: before 2020.1 — fixed in 2020.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Progress MOVEit Transfer 2020.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://community.progress.com/s/article/MOVEit-Transfer-Vulnerability-Nov-2020
• https://labs.secforce.com/posts/progress-moveit-transfer-2020.1-stored-xss-cve-2020-28647/
• https://www.progress.com/
• https://community.progress.com/s/article/MOVEit-Transfer-Vulnerability-Nov-2020
• https://labs.secforce.com/posts/progress-moveit-transfer-2020.1-stored-xss-cve-2020-28647/
• https://www.progress.com/

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