CVE-2022-40680 Cross-site scripting in FortiOS

What is CVE-2022-40680?

CVE-2022-40680 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios, published on 6 Dec 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') in Fortinet FortiOS 6.0.7 - 6.0.15, 6.2.2 - 6.2.12, 6.4.0 - 6.4.9 and 7.0.0 - 7.0.3 allows a privileged attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via storing malicious payloads in replacement messages.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-40680?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Fortios.

How do I fix CVE-2022-40680?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-40680 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2022-40680 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-40680 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-4gwx-h6rx-fcw3.