CVE-2021-24014
Published: 04 August 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-24014 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Fortinet Fortisandbox. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 36.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-10934
Vulnerability details
Multiple instances of improper neutralization of input during web page generation vulnerabilities in FortiSandbox before 4.0.0 may allow an unauthenticated attacker to perform an XSS attack via specifically crafted request parameters.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.