FKIE_CVE-2021-43081

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-05-11 15:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:10
Severity
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
An improper neutralization of input during web page generation vulnerability [CWE-79] in FortiOS version 7.0.3 and below, 6.4.8 and below, 6.2.10 and below, 6.0.14 to 6.0.0. and in FortiProxy version 7.0.1 and below, 2.0.7 to 2.0.0 web filter override form may allow an unauthenticated attacker to perform an XSS attack via crafted HTTP GET requests.
References
psirt@fortinet.comhttps://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-21-230Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-21-230Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
fortinet fortiproxy *
fortinet fortiproxy *
fortinet fortios *
fortinet fortios *
fortinet fortios *
fortinet fortios *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T04:10:29.370",
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