Improper Handling of Syntactically Invalid Structure in FortiADC - CVE-2022-38381
Published: November 2, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU68915
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-38381
CWE-ID: CWE-228
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of malformed request. A remote attacker can bypass some Web Application Firewall (WAF) protection, leading to SQL Injection and XSS via a malformed HTTP request.
Affected software
FortiADC
How to mitigate CVE-2022-38381
Install updates from vendor's website.
FortiADC - addressed in versions 6.2.4, 7.0.3, 7.1.0