What is CVE-2021-36175?

CVE-2021-36175 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiwebmanager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.1/10. Published 2021-10-06.

How severe is CVE-2021-36175?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.1 out of 10.

XSS in Fortinet Fortiwebmanager

CVE-2021-36175

An improper neutralization of input vulnerability [CWE-79] in FortiWebManager versions 6.2.3 and below, 6.0.2 and below may allow a remote authenticated attacker to inject malicious script/tags via the name/description/comments parameter of various sections of the device.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (44.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Fortinet Fortiwebmanager — versions FortiWebManager 6.0.2 6.2.3
Fortinet Fortiweb

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

psirt@fortinet.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-36175?: CVE-2021-36175 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiwebmanager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.1/10. Published 2021-10-06.
How severe is CVE-2021-36175?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.1 out of 10.