Fortinet FortiWeb up to 6.2.5/6.3.15/6.4.1 Management Interface command injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Fortinet FortiWeb up to 6.2.5/6.3.15/6.4.1. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Management Interface. Performing a manipulation results in command injection. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2021-36180. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Fortinet FortiWeb up to 6.2.5/6.3.15/6.4.1. This affects an unknown function of the component Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 12/08/2021. The advisory is shared at fortiguard.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2021-36180 since 07/06/2021. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1202 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 209724 (Fortinet FortiWeb (FG-IR-21-120)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (209724). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Firewall Software

Vendor

• Fortinet

Name

• FortiWeb

Version

• 6.2.0
• 6.2.1
• 6.2.2
• 6.2.3
• 6.2.4
• 6.2.5
• 6.3.0
• 6.3.1
• 6.3.2
• 6.3.3
• 6.3.4
• 6.3.5
• 6.3.6
• 6.3.7
• 6.3.8
• 6.3.9
• 6.3.10
• 6.3.11
• 6.3.12
• 6.3.13
• 6.3.14
• 6.3.15
• 6.4.0
• 6.4.1

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.fortinet.com/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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