An Improper Access Control vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWeb 5.6.0 up to but not…
Priority LOW 28Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
An Improper Access Control vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWeb 5.6.0 up to but not including 6.1.0 under "Signed Security Mode", allows attacker to bypass the signed user cookie protection by removing the FortiWeb own protection session cookie.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00953 61st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-14191
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5xg4-jxh8-j4g8
References
More Fortinet Fortiweb vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-20057 Authentication bypass in Fortinet FortiWeb KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2025-39856 Path traversal in Fortinet FortiWeb KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2025-18919 SQL injection in Fortinet FortiWeb KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-35886 OS command injection in Fortinet FortiWeb KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.7
- TI-2021-05113 OS command injection in Fortinet FortiWeb CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2021-18960 Stack-based buffer overflow in Fortinet FortiWeb CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2017-14191 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-14191 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5xg4-jxh8-j4g8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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