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CVE-2022-27489

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-27489 is an OS command injection vulnerability affecting Fortinet FortiExtender firmware versions 7.0.0 through 7.0.3, 5.3.2, and 4.2.4 and below. This flaw allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands via specially crafted HTTP requests. Rated 7.2 HIGH on the CVSS scale, it presents a high risk of complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, availability) with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. While no public exploits or active exploitation have been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the potential impact remains significant.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.2.1, < 3.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortiextender_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.3.0, < 3.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortiextender_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.1.1, < 4.1.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortiextender_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.2.0, < 4.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortiextender_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortiextender_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.2HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0147 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 5,537 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

fortinetvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

fortiguard.com / psirt/FG-IR-22-048
Vendor Advisory