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CVE-2017-7735
A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS versions 5.2.0 through 5.2.11 and 5.4.0 through 5.4.4 allows attackers to execute…
Medium5.4EPSS 0.79%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- fortinet
Description
A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS versions 5.2.0 through 5.2.11 and 5.4.0 through 5.4.4 allows attackers to execute unauthorized code or commands via the "Groups" input while creating or editing User Groups.
Timeline
ID reserved
By fortinet
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 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 | 3.0 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.79% · top 44% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.
Weakness
- Execute unauthorized code or commands
- CWE-79 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-79 and its CVEs
Affected products
Fortinet, Inc. · Fortinet FortiOS
- affected FortiOS versions 5.2.0 through 5.2.11, and 5.4.0 through 5.4.4
References (3)
- 1038705 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-127 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 99098 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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)
- 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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2017-7735)Record last updated .