CVE-2016-3978

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-3978
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-04-08 14:59:07 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe Web User Interface (WebUI) in FortiOS 5.0.x before 5.0.13, 5.2.x before 5.2.3, and 5.4.x before 5.4.0 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks or cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the "redirect" parameter to "login."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 6.1 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary6.1MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fortinet Fortios 5.0.0 All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortios 5.0.1 All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortios 5.0.10 All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortios 5.0.11 All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortios 5.0.12 All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortios 5.0.2 All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortios 5.0.3 All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortios 5.0.4 All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortios 5.0.5 All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortios 5.0.6 All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortios 5.0.7 All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortios 5.0.8 All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortios 5.0.9 All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortios 5.2.0 All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortios 5.2.1 All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortios 5.2.2 All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortios 5.4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
FortiGuard af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.fortiguard.com Vendor Advisory
Fortinet FortiGate/FortiOS Input Validation Flaws Let Remote Users Conduct Open Redirect and Cross-Site Scripting Attacks - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Full Disclosure: FortiOS (Fortinet) - Open Redirect and Cross Site Scripting af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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