An improper neutralization of special elements [CWE-89] used in an OS command vulnerability [CWE-78] in the command line interpreter of For…

published 2022-09-06 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-33471

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 42%
public exploits: 0; none known

An improper neutralization of special elements [CWE-89] used in an OS command vulnerability [CWE-78] in the command line interpreter of FortiAP 6.0.0 through 6.4.7, 7.0.0 through 7.0.3, 7.2.0, FortiAP-S 6.0.0 through 6.4.7, FortiAP-W2 6.0.0 through 6.4.7, 7.0.0 through 7.0.3, 7.2.0 and FortiAP-U 5.4.0 through 6.2.3 may allow an authenticated attacker to execute unauthorized commands via specifically crafted arguments to existing commands.

Patch / fix

fixed in 4

fortinet fortiap 6.4.8, 7.0.4
fortinet fortiap-s 6.4.8
fortinet fortiap-u 6.2.4
fortinet fortiap-w2 6.4.8, 7.0.4

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-10-23)

Exploit prediction

0.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:U/RC:C
CNA	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Fortinet Fortinet FortiAP, FortiAP-S, FortiAP-W2, FortiAP-U

Classification

Weakness

CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

Technology feeds

Fortinet rss critical rss

References

fortiguard.com /psirt/FG-IR-21-163
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-29058
NVD CVE-2022-29058

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Summary