5.4

CVE-2022-40680: fortinet fortios Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 5.4v3.1MediumModified
Published 06-12-2022Last modified 22-10-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-40680 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in fortinet fortios. EPSS estimates a 0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.40%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 06-12-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 22-10-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.40%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

34%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.39% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.40%

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

Fortinet2 products
  • fortios≥ 6.0.7, ≤ 6.0.15 | ≥ 6.2.2, ≤ 6.2.12 | ≥ 6.4.0, ≤ 6.4.9 | ≥ 7.0.0, ≤ 7.0.3
  • fortiproxy≥ 7.0.0, ≤ 7.0.1 | ≥ 2.0.0, ≤ 2.0.11 | ≥ 1.2.0, ≤ 1.2.13 | ≥ 1.1.0, ≤ 1.1.6

1 vendor · 2 products

References

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