What is CVE-2018-9186?

CVE-2018-9186 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiauthenticator, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-05-31.

How severe is CVE-2018-9186?

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

XSS in Fortinet Fortiauthenticator

CVE-2018-9186

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Fortinet FortiAuthenticator in versions 4.0.0 to before 5.3.0 "CSRF validation failure" page allows attacker to execute unauthorized script code via inject malicious scripts in HTTP referer hea…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (51.0th 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 Fortiauthenticator
Fortinet, Inc. Fortiauthenticator — versions below 5.3.0 versions

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

psirt@fortinet.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@fortinet.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-9186?: CVE-2018-9186 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiauthenticator, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-05-31.
How severe is CVE-2018-9186?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.