Fortinet FortiGate-1000C: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (CVE-2013-1414)
Published Sources: CVE.org
What is affected, what to do
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiOS on FortiGate firewall devices before 4.3.13 and 5.x before 5.0.2 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that modify (1) settings or (2) policies, or (3) restart the device via a rebootme action to system/maintenance/shutdown.
An exploit is publicly available. The available sources name no fixed version. Check the vendor guidance in the references below.
- Affected
- Fortinet FortiOS
lte *..4.3.12 - Fortinet FortiOS
eq 4.3.10..4.3.10 - Fortinet FortiOS
eq 5.0..5.0 - Fortinet FortiOS
eq 5.0.1..5.0.1
- Fortinet FortiOS
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Metrics
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Priority
No value is available for this vulnerability.
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CVSS v3
No value is available for this vulnerability.
2.3 %
EPSS score
Moderate — model estimates 1-10% exploitation likelihood.
Source: FIRST EPSS, percentile 82.9
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- Severity
- Not rated
Priority score
The priority score is a consolidated metric that condenses several individual signals into a single, action-guiding ranking: technical severity (CVSS), exploitation likelihood (EPSS), known-exploited status (KEV) and the context of the affected asset. The aim is to answer the only truly important question in vulnerability management: what first?
Read in glossary- 54.99
Exploit maturity
An exploit is code or a technique that specifically uses a concrete vulnerability to force unintended behaviour — such as executing code or escalating privileges. It is the tool that turns a theoretical flaw into a practical attack.
Read in glossary- PoC (publicly reported)
EPSS score
The EPSS score is the absolute model output for an individual vulnerability: the estimated probability of real-world exploitation within the next 30 days, expressed as a value between 0 and 1 (i.e. 0 % to 100 %). A score of 0.42 means „the model estimates a 42 % chance of real-world exploitation within 30 days“.
Read in glossary- 2.3 %
- Moderate — model estimates 1-10% exploitation likelihood.
EPSS percentile
The EPSS percentile is the relative position of a vulnerability within all EPSS-scored CVEs, expressed as a value between 0 and 1. A percentile of 0.90 means „this CVE has a higher EPSS score than 90 % of all other scored CVEs“. Unlike the EPSS score, it is not a probability — but a positioning within a ranking.
Read in glossary- 82.9
- Critical — this CVE ranks in the top fifth of all CVEs scored today (rank ≥ 80%).
KEV status
The KEV catalogue is a list maintained by the US authority CISA of vulnerabilities for which active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. It answers not the question „how severe?“ but „is it already being attacked?“ — thereby sharply prioritising patching.
Read in glossary- —
- Published
CWE
CWE is a catalogue of typical weakness types in software and hardware — such as flawed input validation, unsafe memory handling or poor authentication. Where a CVE names a concrete vulnerability in a concrete product, a CWE describes the underlying class of defect.
Read in glossary- CWE-352
Classification under NIS2 and CRA
Rule-based classification from exploitation status and severity. It does not replace a case-by-case assessment.
NIS2
NIS2 is EU Directive (EU) 2022/2555 to raise the level of cybersecurity across the Union. It substantially broadens obligations compared with the first NIS directive: more sectors, mandatory risk management, staged reporting duties and personal accountability of senior management.
Read in glossary- Handle the vulnerability in regular vulnerability handling under Art. 21(2)(e) NIS2.
CRA
The CRA is EU Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 setting horizontal cybersecurity requirements for „products with digital elements“ — from industrial controllers and software to connected consumer devices. For the first time manufacturers must ensure security across the entire product lifecycle, handle vulnerabilities and provide security updates.
Read in glossary- From 11.12.2027, Annex I Part II CRA requires manufacturers of affected products with digital elements to handle vulnerabilities without delay and provide security updates.
ISO/IEC 27001
ISO/IEC 27001 is the internationally leading standard for an information security management system (ISMS). It describes a risk-based, process-oriented framework to systematically plan, implement, review and improve information security.
Read in glossary- Control A.8.8, management of technical vulnerabilities: assess relevance to your systems, plan remediation and keep evidence.
Description
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiOS on FortiGate firewall devices before 4.3.13 and 5.x before 5.0.2 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that modify (1) settings or (2) policies, or (3) restart the device via a rebootme action to system/maintenance/shutdown.
Source: NVD (NIST), cvelistv5
Affected products
The following versions are affected. Older releases of the same product line are also vulnerable unless stated otherwise.
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
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| fortinet | fortigate-1000c |
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| fortinet | fortigate-100d |
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| fortinet | fortigate-110c |
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| fortinet | fortigate-1240b |
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| fortinet | fortigate-200b |
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| fortinet | fortigate-20c |
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| fortinet | fortigate-300c |
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| fortinet | fortigate-3040b |
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| fortinet | fortigate-310b |
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| fortinet | fortigate-311b |
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| fortinet | fortigate-3140b |
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| fortinet | fortigate-3240c |
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| fortinet | fortigate-3810a |
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| fortinet | fortigate-3950b |
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| fortinet | fortigate-40c |
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| fortinet | fortigate-5001a-sw |
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| fortinet | fortigate-5001b |
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| fortinet | fortigate-5020 |
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| fortinet | fortigate-5060 |
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| fortinet | fortigate-50b |
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| fortinet | fortigate-5101c |
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| fortinet | fortigate-5140b |
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| fortinet | fortigate-600c |
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| fortinet | fortigate-60c |
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| fortinet | fortigate-620b |
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| fortinet | fortigate-800c |
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| fortinet | fortigate-80c |
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| fortinet | fortigate-voice-80c |
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| fortinet | fortigaterugged-100c |
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Affected operating systems
| Family | Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile | fortinet | fortios | 4.3.10 |
| Mobile | fortinet | fortios | 5.0 |
| Mobile | fortinet | fortios | 5.0.1 |
| Mobile | fortinet | fortios | — |
Weakness classes (CWE)
CWE-352Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Compound
The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor.
Entry at MITRE CWE-352
Public exploit references
Publicly reported proof-of-concepts, exploit modules and detection templates for this vulnerability. NEOSEC links to the original sources only and does not provide any exploit code.
| Source | Reference | Maturity | Published |
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| Exploit-DB | EDB-ID 26528 (opens in a new tab)exploit-db.com | PoC (publicly reported)reported, not verified | — |
References & sources
- exploit-db.com26528Exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, Exploit