CVE-2008-7161 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 6.4% (pctl 93)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Fortinet FortiGuard Fortinet FortiGate-1000 3.00 build 040075,070111 allows remote attackers to bypass URL filtering via fragmented GET or POST requests that use HTTP/1.0 without the Host header. NOTE: this issue might be related to CVE-2005-3058.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 6.41% — more likely to be exploited than 93% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-264 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-09-04 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| fortinet | fortigate-1000 |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Fortinet Fortigate - CRLF Characters URL Filtering Bypass | 2008-01-14 |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485794/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485813/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27276
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39684
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485794/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485813/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27276
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39684
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