HIGH
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWeb before 5.5.3 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that change the password via unspecified vectors
Published Jul 13, 2016
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.90%
Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWeb before 5.5.3 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that change the password via unspecified vectors.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
8.8 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.90% 0.00898
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00898
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.90% (0.00898) | 58.14th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.90% (0.00898) | 54.74th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.18% (0.00176) | 36.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.16% (0.00159) | 53.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 28, 2024 | 0.16% (0.00159) | 52.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.16% (0.00159) | 50.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 59.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 18, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 58.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 56.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 34.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (3)
- http://fortiguard.com/advisory/fortiweb-csrf-vulnerability x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91768 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036194 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://fortiguard.com/advisory/fortiweb-csrf-vulnerability | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91768 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036194 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jul 13, 2016
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Apr 22, 2016
Link CVE-2016-4066
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a