CVE-2019-6697 — Cross-site Scripting in Fortinet Fortios

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting4 documents4 sources
Severity
6.1MEDIUMNVD
CNA5.3
EPSS
0.1%
top 71.64%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Fortinet Fortios
Timeline
PublishedMar 17

Description

An Improper Neutralization of Input vulnerability affecting FortiGate version 6.2.0 through 6.2.1, 6.0.0 through 6.0.6 in the hostname parameter of a DHCP packet under DHCP monitor page may allow an unauthenticated attacker in the same network as the FortiGate to perform a Stored Cross Site Scripting attack (XSS) by sending a crafted DHCP packet.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 2.7

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDfortinet/fortios6.0.0 — 6.0.7+1
▶CVEListV5fortinet/fortios6.2.0 — 6.2.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-fwm7-53g9-cmxr: An Improper Neutralization of Input vulnerability affecting FortiGate version 6↗2025-03-17
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CVEList
CVE-2019-6697: An Improper Neutralization of Input vulnerability affecting FortiGate version 6↗2025-03-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Fortinet
An Improper Neutralization of Input vulnerability affecting FortiGate version 6.2.0 through 6.2.1, 6.0.0 through 6.0.6 i...↗2025-03-17
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