Fortinet FortiSandbox up to 4.0.6/4.2.8/4.4.7/5.0.2 cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Fortinet FortiSandbox up to 4.0.6/4.2.8/4.4.7/5.0.2. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-53608. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Fortinet FortiSandbox up to 4.0.6/4.2.8/4.4.7/5.0.2. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

An Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability [CWE-79] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSandbox 5.0.0 through 5.0.2, FortiSandbox 4.4.0 through 4.4.7, FortiSandbox 4.2 all versions, FortiSandbox 4.0 all versions may allow an authenticated privileged attacker to execute code via crafted requests.

The advisory is shared at fortiguard.fortinet.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-53608 since 07/07/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-0679). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

• Fortinet FortiSandbox

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Vendor

• Fortinet

Name

• FortiSandbox

Version

• 4.0.0
• 4.0.1
• 4.0.2
• 4.0.3
• 4.0.4
• 4.0.5
• 4.0.6
• 4.2.0
• 4.2.1
• 4.2.2
• 4.2.3
• 4.2.4
• 4.2.5
• 4.2.6
• 4.2.7
• 4.2.8
• 4.4.0
• 4.4.1
• 4.4.2
• 4.4.3
• 4.4.4
• 4.4.5
• 4.4.6
• 4.4.7
• 5.0.0
• 5.0.1
• 5.0.2

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.fortinet.com/

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