Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-41336

Medium

Published: 03 January 2023

Published
03 January 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0032 55.6th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-41336 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiportal. Its CVSS base score is 6.8 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 44.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An improper neutralization of input during web page generation vulnerability [CWE-79] in FortiPortal versions 6.0.0 through 6.0.11 and all versions of 5.3, 5.2, 5.1, 5.0 management interface may allow a remote authenticated attacker to perform a stored cross site scripting…

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(XSS) attack via sending request with specially crafted columnindex parameter.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

fortinet
fortiportal
5.0.0 — 5.0.3 · 5.1.0 — 5.1.2 · 5.2.0 — 5.2.6

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.

addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

References