Fortiadc
CVE-2022-38374
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. |
| 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 improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') in Fortinet FortiADC 7.0.0 - 7.0.2 and 6.2.0 - 6.2.4 allows an attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands. 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 improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') in Fortinet FortiADC 7.0.0 - 7.0.2 and 6.2.0 - 6.2.4 allows an attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via the URL and User fields observed in the traffic and event logviews. Affected products include: Fortinet Fortiadc.
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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
DescriptionNVD
A improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') in Fortinet FortiADC 7.0.0 - 7.0.2 and 6.2.0 - 6.2.4 allows an attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via the URL and User fields observed in the traffic and event logviews.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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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)NVD
An improper handling of malformed request vulnerability [CWE-228] exists in FortiADC 5.0 all versions, 6.0.0 all version
A permissive cross-domain policy with untrusted domains vulnerability in Fortinet FortiADC 7.1.0 - 7.1.1, FortiDDoS-F 6.
An improper access control vulnerability [CWE-284] in FortiADC automation feature 7.1.0 through 7.1.2, 7.0 all versions,
An improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Fortinet FortiA
Multiple improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerabilities [CWE-89] i
An improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability [CWE-78 ] in
An improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command vulnerability [CWE-78] in FortiADC CLI 7.1.0, 7.0.0
Multiple improper neutralization of special elements used in an os command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerabilties [CWE-
An improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command vulnerability [CWE-78] in FortiADC 7.2.0, 7.1.0 thr
A format string vulnerability [CWE-134] in the command line interpreter of FortiADC version 6.0.0 through 6.0.4, FortiAD
FortiADC versions 6.1 through 7.6.1 contain an OS command injection vulnerability (CWE-78) that allows authenticated att
A relative path traversal [CWE-23] in Fortinet FortiADC version 7.2.0 and before 7.1.1 allows a privileged attacker to d
GitHub PoC
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