🛡️ CVE-2023-41836 — fortisandbox

🟢 CVSS 3.5 — Low ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-79 NVD
3.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

An improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSandbox 4.4.0, FortiSandbox 4.2.1 through 4.2.4, FortiSandbox 4.0 all versions, FortiSandbox 3.2 all versions, FortiSandbox 3.1 all versions, FortiSandbox 3.0.4 through 3.0.7 allows attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via crafted HTTP requests.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-41836 is classified as CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting (XSS). User-supplied data is written into a page without escaping, so attacker script runs in the browser of anyone who views it.

Affected software

CVE-2023-41836 is recorded against 1 package.

  • fortisandbox

Timeline and source

Published on 13 October 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

fortiguard.com
fortiguard.com

Details

Severity LOW
CVSS Score 3.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE CWE-79
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-10-13
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
fortisandbox — —

References

Patch, Third Party Advisory https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-215
Patch, Third Party Advisory https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-215

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