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CVE-2008-7161

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-09-04 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Fortinet FortiGuard Fortinet FortiGate-1000 3.00 build 040075,070111 allows remote attackers to bypass URL filtering via fragmented GET or POST requests that use HTTP/1.0 without the Host header. NOTE: this issue might be related to CVE-2005-3058.

Affected products

• Fortinet Fortigate-1000: 3.00

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485794/100/200/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485813/100/200/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27276
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39684
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485794/100/200/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485813/100/200/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27276
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39684

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