CVE-2021-36182

published 2021-09-08

CVE-2021-36182: A Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('Command Injection') in Fortinet FortiWeb version 6.3.13 and below allows attacker to execute…

Priority P2 63 high 8.8 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR L UI N S U C H I H A H

A Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('Command Injection') in Fortinet FortiWeb version 6.3.13 and below allows attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via crafted HTTP requests

Affected

5 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
fortinet	fortinet	—	—
fortinet	fortinet_fortiweb	—	—
fortinet	fortiweb	<= 6.2.4	—
fortinet	fortiweb	—	—
fortinet	fortiweb	>= 6.3.0 < 6.3.14	6.3.14

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

• → Vulnerability class is OS Command Injection (CWE-78) triggered via crafted HTTP requests to Fortinet FortiWeb; monitor for anomalous or unexpected OS-level command execution spawned from the FortiWeb process ↗
• → Scope detection to FortiWeb versions 6.3.13 and below; any FortiWeb instance running these versions should be treated as potentially exploitable ↗

• · The advisory covers FortiWeb 6.3.13 and all versions below it; ensure patching scope includes all sub-versions in the 6.3.x branch ↗

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 8.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 6.5 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

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CWE-78