Fortimail
CVE-2017-7732
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 6.1 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.85%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
A reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Fortinet FortiMail 5.1 and earlier, 5.2.0 through 5.2.9, and 5.3.0 through 5.3.9 customized pre-authentication webmail login page allows. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. A reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Fortinet FortiMail 5.1 and earlier, 5.2.0 through 5.2.9, and 5.3.0 through 5.3.9 customized pre-authentication webmail login page allows attacker to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted HTTP requests. Affected products include: Fortinet Fortimail. Version information: through 5.2.9.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
A reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Fortinet FortiMail 5.1 and earlier, 5.2.0 through 5.2.9, and 5.3.0 through 5.3.9 customized pre-authentication webmail login page allows attacker to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted HTTP requests.
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EPSS
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
Unauthenticated path traversal in Fortinet FortiMail (7.2.0-7.2.9, 7.4.0-7.4.8, 7.6.0-7.6.6 and 8.0.0-8.0.1) lets a remo
An improper authentication vulnerability in FortiMail 5.4.10, 6.0.7, 6.2.2 and earlier and FortiVoiceEntreprise 6.0.0 an
An improper access control vulnerability in FortiMail version 7.4.0 configured with RADIUS authentication and remote_wil
A missing cryptographic step in the implementation of the hash digest algorithm in FortiMail 6.4.0 through 6.4.4, and 6.
Multiple improper neutralization of special elements of SQL commands vulnerabilities in FortiMail before 6.4.4 may allow
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in admin/FEAdmin.html in Fortinet FortiMail before 4.3.4 on FortiMai
Authenticated SQL injection in Fortinet FortiMail versions 7.6.0 through 7.6.3, 7.4.0 through 7.4.5, and 7.2.0 through 7
An incorrect authorization vulnerability [CWE-863] in FortiMail webmail version 7.2.0 through 7.2.2, version 7.0.0 throu
The combination of various cryptographic issues in the session management of FortiMail 6.4.0 through 6.4.4 and 6.2.0 thr
An improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS Command vulnerability in the administrative interface of Fo
Multiple instances of incorrect calculation of buffer size in the Webmail and Administrative interface of FortiMail befo
An insufficient verification of data authenticity vulnerability [CWE-345] in FortiClient, FortiMail and FortiOS AV engin
GitHub PoC
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