In Progress MOVEit Transfer 2019.1 before 2019.1.4 and 2019.2 before 2019.2.1, a REST API endpoint failed to adequately sanitize malicious…

published 2020-02-14 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-29460

cvss: 9.0; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.7%; EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits: 0; none known

In Progress MOVEit Transfer 2019.1 before 2019.1.4 and 2019.2 before 2019.2.1, a REST API endpoint failed to adequately sanitize malicious input, which could allow an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code in a victim's browser, aka XSS.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2 links 1

progess moveit_transfer 2019.1.4
progress moveit_transfer 2019.2.1

community.ipswitch.com/s/article/MOVEit-Transfer-Security-Vulnerabilities-Feb-2020 advisory

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Exploit prediction

1.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	9.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.0	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

community.ipswitch.com /s/article/MOVEit-Transfer-Security-Vulnerabilities-Feb-2020
patch, vendor-advisory
docs.ipswitch.com /MOVEit/Transfer2019_1/ReleaseNotes/en/index.htm#49443.htm
release-notes, vendor-advisory
docs.ipswitch.com /MOVEit/Transfer2019_2/ReleaseNotes/en/index.htm#49677.htm
release-notes, vendor-advisory
status.moveitcloud.com /
product

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-8612
NVD CVE-2020-8612

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