CVE-2020-27016
Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance (IMSVA) 9.1 is vulnerable to a cross...
Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance (IMSVA) 9.1 is vulnerable to a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability which could allow an attacker to modify policy rules by tricking an authenticated administrator into accessing an attacker-controlled web page. An attacker must already have obtained product administrator/root privileges to exploit this vulnerability.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance (IMSVA) 9.1 is vulnerable to a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability which could allow an attacker to modify policy rules by tricking an authenticated administrator into accessing an attacker-controlled web page. An attacker must already have obtained product administrator/root privileges to exploit this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2020-27016- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance (IMSVA) 9.1 is vulnerable to a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability which could allow an attacker to modify policy rules by tricking an authenticated administrator into accessing an attacker-controlled web page. An attacker must already have obtained product administrator/root privileges to exploit this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2020-27016- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-19540 No score
Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance (IMSVA) 9.1 is vulnerable to a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability which could allow an attacker to modify policy rules by tricking an authenticated administrator into accessing an attacker-controlled web page. An attacker must already have obtained product administrator/root privileges to exploit this vulnerability.
- Record
EUVD-2020-19540- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r87g-pphp-cg7r No score
Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance (IMSVA) 9.1 is vulnerable to a cross...
Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance (IMSVA) 9.1 is vulnerable to a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability which could allow an attacker to modify policy rules by tricking an authenticated administrator into accessing an attacker-controlled web page. An attacker must already have obtained product administrator/root privileges to exploit this vulnerability.
- Record
GHSA-r87g-pphp-cg7r- Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-27016 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Trend Micro Interscan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance (imsva), published November 9, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.90%, the 79th percentile. No source names a fixed version.