# CVE-2022-35850: An improper neutralization of script-related HTML tags in a web page vulnerability \[CWE-80\] in FortiAuthenticator versions 6.4.0 through 6.4

- Severity: CVSS 4.2 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:F/RL:U/RC:C
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-04-11 · Updated: 2024-10-22

## Affected

- Fortinet FortiAuthenticator: from 6.4.0, through 6.4.4; from 6.3.0, through 6.3.3; from 6.2.0, through 6.2.2; from 6.1.0, through 6.1.3

## Description

An improper neutralization of script-related HTML tags in a web page vulnerability [CWE-80] in FortiAuthenticator versions 6.4.0 through 6.4.4, 6.3.0 through 6.3.3, all versions of 6.2 and 6.1 may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to trigger a reflected cross site scripting (XSS) attack via the "reset-password" page.

## What to do

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## Related

- Browse: [Fortinet](https://cve.now/tech/fortinet.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-275

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