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CVE-2020-28918

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-02-16 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

DualShield 5.9.8.0821 allows username enumeration on its login form. A valid username results in prompting for the password, whereas an invalid one will produce an "unknown username" error message.

Affected products

• Deepnetsecurity Dualshield: 5.9.8.0821

References

• https://cds.thalesgroup.com/en/tcs-cert/CVE-2020-28918
• https://deepnetsecurity.com/multi-factor-authentication/
• https://excellium-services.com/cert-xlm-advisory/CVE-2020-28918
• https://deepnetsecurity.com/multi-factor-authentication/
• https://excellium-services.com/cert-xlm-advisory/CVE-2020-28918

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