What is CVE-2021-36176?

CVE-2021-36176 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiportal, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-11-02.

How severe is CVE-2021-36176?

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

XSS in Fortinet Fortiportal

CVE-2021-36176

Multiple uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerabilities in the web interface of FortiPortal before 6.0.6 may allow a single low-privileged user to induce a denial of service via multiple HTTP requests.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (43.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Fortinet Fortiportal — versions FortiPortal before 6.0.6
Fortinet Fortiportal

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

psirt@fortinet.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-36176?: CVE-2021-36176 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiportal, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-11-02.
How severe is CVE-2021-36176?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.