CVE-2022-38381 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2022-38381

An improper handling of malformed request vulnerability [CWE-228] exists in...

Vulnerability Description

An improper handling of malformed request vulnerability [CWE-228] exists in FortiADC 5.0 all versions, 6.0.0 all versions, 6.1.0 all versions, 6.2.0 through 6.2.3, and 7.0.0 through 7.0.2. This may allow a remote attacker without privileges to bypass some Web Application Firewall (WAF) protection such as the SQL Injection and XSS filters via a malformed HTTP request.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Fortinet FortiADC
Vulnerable Versions:
FortiADC 7.0.2, 7.0.1, 7.0.0, 6.2.3, 6.2.2, 6.2.1, 6.2.0, 6.1.6, 6.1.5, 6.1.4, 6.1.3, 6.1.2, 6.1.1, 6.1.0, 6.0.4, 6.0.3, 6.0.2, 6.0.1, 6.0.0, 5.4.5, 5.4.4, 5.4.3, 5.4.2, 5.4.1, 5.4.0, 5.3.7, 5.3.6, 5.3.5, 5.3.4, 5.3.3, 5.3.2, 5.3.1, 5.3.0, 5.2.8, 5.2.7, 5.2.6, 5.2.5, 5.2.4, 5.2.3, 5.2.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.0, 5.1.7, 5.1.6, 5.1.5, 5.1.4, 5.1.3, 5.1.2, 5.1.1, 5.1.0, 5.0.4, 5.0.3, 5.0.2, 5.0.1, 5.0.0

Timeline

Official Publish: November 2nd, 2022
Last Modified: October 25th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:F/RL:U/RC:C

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.