FKIE_CVE-2022-23438

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-07-18 18:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:30
Severity
4.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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 ('Cross-site Scripting') [CWE-79] vulnerability in FortiOS version 7.0.5 and prior and 6.4.9 and prior may allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to perform a reflected cross site scripting (XSS) attack in the captive portal authentication replacement page.
References
psirt@fortinet.comhttps://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-21-057Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-21-057Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
fortinet fortios *
fortinet fortios *
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