An Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in Fortinet FortiAnalyzer 5.6.0 and below and FortiManager 5.6.0 and below allows an
An Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in Fortinet FortiAnalyzer 5.6.0 and below and FortiManager 5.6.0 and below allows an attacker to send DHCP request containing malicious scripts in the HOSTNAME parameter. The malicious script code is executed while viewing the logs in FortiAnalyzer and FortiManager (with FortiAnalyzer feature enabled).
- Published
- May 28, 2019
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.6% · 49th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-79
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Report tools
Action score
24
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 24 / 40 · 6.1 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.6%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| fortinet | fortianalyzer | cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortianalyzer |
| fortinet | fortimanager | cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimanager |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- fortinet fortianalyzerup to 5.6.0 inclusive
- fortinet fortimanagerup to 5.6.0 inclusive
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (fortinet). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer
- FortiAnalyzer 5.6.0 and belowaffected
Fortinet FortiManager
- FortiManager 5.6.0 and belowaffected
Same product
fortinet: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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- CVE-2021-32589A Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in FortiManager version 7.0.0, version 6.4.5 and below, version 6.2.7 and below, version 6.0.10 and42Plan
- CVE-2024-50563A weak authentication in Fortinet FortiManager Cloud, FortiAnalyzer versions 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, 7.4.1 through 7.4.3, FortiAnalyzer Cloud v39Monitor
- CVE-2024-48886A weak authentication in Fortinet FortiOS versions 7.4.0 through 7.4.4, 7.2.0 through 7.2.8, 7.0.0 through 7.0.15, 6.4.0 through 6.4.15, For39Monitor
- CVE-2024-35276A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Fortinet FortiAnalyzer 7.4.0 through 7.4.3, FortiAnalyzer 7.2.0 through 7.2.5, FortiAnalyzer 39Monitor
- CVE-2024-23666A client-side enforcement of server-side security in Fortinet FortiAnalyzer-BigData
at least version 7.4.0 and 7.2.0 through 7.2.6 and 7.036Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- A user must open a link or visit a page.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- low · data can be read
- Integrity
- low · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality impact
- Low
- Integrity impact
- Low
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
nvd-primary
Root cause
User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-79 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;Fixed
commentEl.textContent = comment.body;Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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We use this product, ask for helpChange log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.