CVE-2019-6697

Published Mar 17, 2025

Last updated 2 months ago

CVSS medium 5.3

Overview

Description
An Improper Neutralization of Input vulnerability affecting FortiGate version 6.2.0 through 6.2.1, 6.0.0 through 6.0.6 in the hostname parameter of a DHCP packet under DHCP monitor page may allow an unauthenticated attacker in the same network as the FortiGate to perform a Stored Cross Site Scripting attack (XSS) by sending a crafted DHCP packet.
Source
psirt@fortinet.com
NVD status
Received

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
5.3
Impact score
1.4
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Severity
MEDIUM

Weaknesses

psirt@fortinet.com
CWE-79

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.