CVE-2022-43952 — An improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('Cross-site Scri

An improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability [CWE-79] in FortiADC version 7.1.1 and below, version 7.0.3 and below, version 6.2.5 and below may allow an authenticated attacker to perform a cross-site scripting att

01What is this vulnerability?

An improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability [CWE-79] in FortiADC version 7.1.1 and below, version 7.0.3 and below, version 6.2.5 and below may allow an authenticated attacker to perform a cross-site scripting attack via crafted HTTP requests.

02Affected products

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-04-11T16:06:40.242Z
• Last modified: 2024-10-22T20:47:28.460Z

09References

• fortiguard.com — https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-439