What is CVE-2019-16149?

CVE-2019-16149 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Forticlientems, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2025-03-28.

How severe is CVE-2019-16149?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-16149 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Fortinet Forticlientems

CVE-2019-16149

An Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in FortiClientEMS version 6.2.0 may allow a remote attacker to execute unauthorized code by injecting malicious payload in the user profile of a FortiClient instance being mana…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.001 (31.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:F/RL:X/RC:X.

Affected products

Fortinet Forticlientems — versions 6.2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-072

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16149?: CVE-2019-16149 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Forticlientems, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2025-03-28.
How severe is CVE-2019-16149?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-16149 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.