CVE-2023-22638
Published: 16 February 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-22638 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Fortinet Fortinac. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 28.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-26772
Vulnerability details
Several improper neutralization of inputs during web page generation vulnerability [CWE-79] in FortiNAC 9.4.1 and below, 9.2.6 and below, 9.1.8 and below, 8.8.11 and below, 8.7.6 and below, 8.6.5 and below, 8.5.4 and below, 8.3.7 and below may allow an…
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authenticated attacker to perform several XSS attacks via crafted HTTP GET requests.
- 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.