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Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published Apr 8, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-3978

CVE-2016-3978

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."

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Affected products

18
  • Fortinet/Fortios18 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 17 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 5.0.x < 5.0.13, 5.2.x < 5.2.3, 5.4.x < 5.4.0

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