6.1

CVE-2016-3978: fortinet fortios Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.1v3.0MediumModified
Published 08-04-2016Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-3978 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in fortinet fortios. EPSS estimates a 5.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.94%
0%100%
Low · -0.35 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 08-04-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Web User Interface (WebUI) in FortiOS 5.0.x before 5.0.13, 5.2.x before 5.2.3, and 5.4.x before 5.4.0 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks or cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the "redirect" parameter to "login."

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

5.94%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.35 pp

From 6.29% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
5.94%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Fortinet1 product
  • fortios5.0.0 | 5.0.1 | 5.0.2 | 5.0.3 | 5.0.4 | 5.0.5 | 5.0.6 | 5.0.7 | 5.0.8 | 5.0.9 | 5.0.10 | 5.0.11 | 5.0.12 | 5.2.0 | 5.2.1 | 5.2.2 | 5.4

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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