Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-41681

High

Published: 13 October 2023

Published
13 October 2023
Modified
14 January 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0017 37.5th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-41681 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Fortinet Fortisandbox. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 37.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSandbox 4.4.0 through 4.4.1, FortiSandbox 4.2.1 through 4.2.5, FortiSandbox 4.0.0 through 4.0.3, FortiSandbox 3.2 all versions, FortiSandbox 3.1 all versions, FortiSandbox 3.0 all versions, FortiSandbox 2.5…

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all versions, FortiSandbox 2.4.1 allows attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via crafted HTTP requests.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

fortinet
fortisandbox
2.4.1 · 2.5.0 — 2.5.2 · 3.0.0 — 3.0.7 · 3.1.0 — 3.1.5

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.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-79

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

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-79

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

SI-15 Information Output Filtering
addresses: CWE-79

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

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