CVE-2005-3058
Interpretation conflict in Fortinet FortiGate 2.8, running FortiOS 2.8MR10 and v3beta, allows remote attackers to bypass the URL blocker…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 3.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 12% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Interpretation conflict in Fortinet FortiGate 2.8, running FortiOS 2.8MR10 and v3beta, allows remote attackers to bypass the URL blocker via an (1) HTTP request terminated with a line feed (LF) and not carriage return line feed (CRLF) or (2) HTTP request with no Host field, which is still processed by most web servers without violating RFC2616.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Fortinet Fortigate 2.x/3.0 - URL Filtering Bypass (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 27203remote, hardwarepublished 13 Feb 2006Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- 20060213 URL filter bypass in Fortinet (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20060213 URL filter bypass in Fortinet (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- fortinet-web-filter-bypass(24626) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 16599 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 18844 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/FGA-2006-10.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0539 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-3058 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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