CVE-2016-3978

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2016-04-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Web User Interface (WebUI) in FortiOS 5.0.x before 5.0.13, 5.2.x before 5.2.3, and 5.4.x before 5.4.0 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks or cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the "redirect" parameter to "login."

Affected products

Fortinet FortiOS (FortiGate): 5.0.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3, 5.0.4, 5.0.5 (+11)

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/68
http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/fortios-open-redirect-vulnerability
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035332
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/68
http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/fortios-open-redirect-vulnerability
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035332

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