CVE-2016-4965

HIGH 8.8CVE-2016-4965 · Published 21/09/2016 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-4965 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting fortiwan (fortinet).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.1%, higher than 90.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
fortiwan fortinet	`≤ 4.2.4`	No fix yet

Description

Fortinet FortiWan (formerly AscernLink) before 4.2.5 allows remote authenticated users with access to the nslookup functionality to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via the graph parameter to diagnosis_control.php.

References

docs.fortinet.com/uploaded/files/3236/fortiwan-v4.2.5-release-notes.pdf · Release Notes
fortiguard.com/advisory/fortiwan-multiple-vulnerabilities · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/92779 · Third Party Advisory
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/724487 · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

fortiwan

fortinet

≤ 4.2.4

No fix yet

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