What is CVE-2022-40680?

CVE-2022-40680 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2022-12-06.

How severe is CVE-2022-40680?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.

XSS in Fortinet Fortios

CVE-2022-40680

A improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') in Fortinet FortiOS 6.0.7 - 6.0.15, 6.2.2 - 6.2.12, 6.4.0 - 6.4.9 and 7.0.0 - 7.0.3 allows a privileged attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via storing malicious payloads in replacement messages.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (30.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Fortinet Fortios — versions 7.0.0, 6.4.0, 6.2.2
Fortinet Fortiproxy — versions 7.0.0, 2.0.0, 1.2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

psirt@fortinet.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-40680?: CVE-2022-40680 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2022-12-06.
How severe is CVE-2022-40680?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.