What is CVE-2016-4969?

CVE-2016-4969 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiwan, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-09-21.

How severe is CVE-2016-4969?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Fortinet Fortiwan

CVE-2016-4969

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWan (formerly AscernLink) before 4.2.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the IP parameter to script/statistics/getconn.php.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (72.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Fortinet Fortiwan
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

92779 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
VU#724487 (x_refsource_CERT-VN, US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4969?: CVE-2016-4969 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiwan, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-09-21.
How severe is CVE-2016-4969?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.