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."
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-4987 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."
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History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.05634}

epss

{'score': 0.05549}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:46:15.797Z

Reserved: 2016-04-08T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2016-3978

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-04-08T14:59:07.913

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-3978

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