CVE-2021-36172 is a vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiportal
Published on November 2, 2021
An improper restriction of XML external entity reference vulnerability in the parser of XML responses of FortiPortal before 6.0.6 may allow an attacker who controls the producer of XML reports consumed by FortiPortal to trigger a denial of service or read arbitrary files from the underlying file system by means of specifically crafted XML documents.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2021-36172 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality, a small impact on integrity and availability.
Products Associated with CVE-2021-36172
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Affected Versions
Fortinet FortiPortal Version FortiPortal before 6.0.6 is affected by CVE-2021-36172Exploit Probability
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