CVE-2016-4965

high
Published 2016-09-21 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
9.0
VIR risk
8.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://fortiguard.com/advisory/fortiwan-multiple-vulnerabilities

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://docs.fortinet.com/uploaded/files/3236/fortiwan-v4.2.5-release-notes.pdf

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
fortinetfortiwan{"endIncluding":"4.2.4"}

References

CWEs

CWE-78

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.