CVE-2021-32602
An improper neutralization of input during web page generation vulnerability (CWE-79) in...
An improper neutralization of input during web page generation vulnerability (CWE-79) in FortiPortal GUI 6.0.4 and below, 5.3.6 and below, 5.2.6 and below, 5.1.2 and below, 5.0.3 and below, 4.2.2 and below, 4.1.2 and below, 4.0.4 and below may allow a remote and unauthenticated attacker to perform an XSS attack via sending a crafted request with an invalid lang parameter or with an invalid org.springframework.web.servlet.i18n.CookieLocaleResolver.LOCALE value.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
An improper neutralization of input during web page generation vulnerability (CWE-79) in FortiPortal GUI 6.0.4 and below, 5.3.6 and below, 5.2.6 and below, 5.1.2 and below, 5.0.3 and below, 4.2.2 and below, 4.1.2 and below, 4.0.4 and below may allow a remote and unauthenticated attacker to perform an XSS attack via sending a crafted request with an invalid lang parameter or with an invalid org.springframework.web.servlet.i18n.CookieLocaleResolver.LOCALE value.
- Record
CVE-2021-32602- CVSS 3.1
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:F/RL:U/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-19442
An improper neutralization of input during web page generation vulnerability (CWE-79) in FortiPortal GUI 6.0.4 and below, 5.3.6 and below, 5.2.6 and below, 5.1.2 and below, 5.0.3 and below, 4.2.2 and below, 4.1.2 and below, 4.0.4 and below may allow a remote and unauthenticated attacker to perform an XSS attack via sending a crafted request with an invalid lang parameter or with an invalid org.springframework.web.servlet.i18n.CookieLocaleResolver.LOCALE value.
- Record
EUVD-2021-19442- CVSS 3.1
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:F/RL:U/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-525v-wrc2-rphr No score
An improper neutralization of input during web page generation vulnerability (CWE-79) in...
An improper neutralization of input during web page generation vulnerability (CWE-79) in FortiPortal GUI 6.0.4 and below, 5.3.6 and below, 5.2.6 and below, 5.1.2 and below, 5.0.3 and below, 4.2.2 and below, 4.1.2 and below, 4.0.4 and below may allow a remote and unauthenticated attacker to perform an XSS attack via sending a crafted request with an invalid lang parameter or with an invalid org.springframework.web.servlet.i18n.CookieLocaleResolver.LOCALE value.
- Record
GHSA-525v-wrc2-rphr- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An improper neutralization of input during web page generation vulnerability (CWE-79) in FortiPortal GUI 6.0.4 and below, 5.3.6 and below, 5.2.6 and below, 5.1.2 and below, 5.0.3 and below, 4.2.2 and below, 4.1.2 and below, 4.0.4 and below may allow a remote and unauthenticated attacker to perform an XSS attack via sending a crafted request with an invalid lang parameter or with an invalid org.springframework.web.servlet.i18n.CookieLocaleResolver.LOCALE value.
- Record
CVE-2021-32602- CVSS 3.1
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-32602 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.8) in Fortinet Fortiportal, published August 18, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.63%, the 50th percentile. No source names a fixed version.