CVE-2019-6696 Open redirect in Fortinet FortiOS

What is CVE-2019-6696?

CVE-2019-6696 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios, published on 15 Mar 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An improper input validation vulnerability in FortiOS 6.2.1, 6.2.0, 6.0.8 and below until 5.4.0 under admin webUI may allow an attacker to perform an URL redirect attack via a specifically crafted request to the admin initial password change webpage.

Weakness: CWE-601, CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-6696?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Fortios.

How do I fix CVE-2019-6696?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-6696 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-6696 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-6696 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet Fortios

• CVE-2024-23113 Fortinet Multiple Products Format String Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-40684 Fortinet Multiple Products Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-55591 Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2024-21762 Fortinet FortiOS Out-of-Bound Write Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-42475 Fortinet FortiOS Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.3

All Fortinet Fortios vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-c66r-j7v3-prf5.