Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-52436

High

Published: 10 February 2026

Published
10 February 2026
Modified
18 February 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0031 54.1th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Description

An Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability [CWE-79] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSandbox 5.0.0 through 5.0.1, FortiSandbox 4.4.0 through 4.4.7, FortiSandbox 4.2 all versions, FortiSandbox 4.0 all versions may allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute commands…

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via crafted requests.

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

Directly mitigates XSS by filtering information outputs to neutralize malicious scripts from crafted requests during web page generation.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Prevents exploitation by validating all information inputs from unauthenticated crafted requests to block improper neutralization.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Remediates the specific XSS flaw in vulnerable FortiSandbox versions through identification, testing, and timely patching.

Security SummaryAI

CVE-2025-52436 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability (CWE-79) in Fortinet FortiSandbox. The affected versions include FortiSandbox 5.0.0 through 5.0.1, 4.4.0 through 4.4.7, 4.2 all versions, and 4.0 all versions. Published on 2026-02-10, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

An unauthenticated attacker can exploit the vulnerability via crafted requests, which requires user interaction. Successful exploitation may allow the attacker to execute commands, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Mitigation details are available in the Fortinet PSIRT advisory at https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-093.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Affected Products

fortinet
fortisandbox
4.0.0 — 4.4.8 · 5.0.0 — 5.0.2

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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Why these techniques?

The vulnerability is a network-accessible (AV:N), unauthenticated (PR:N) XSS in a web management interface (FortiSandbox), directly enabling exploitation of a public-facing application to execute commands via crafted requests requiring user interaction.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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