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CVE-2022-33869

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-33869 is an improper neutralization of special elements vulnerability (CWE-78) affecting FortiWAN versions 4.0.0 through 4.5.9. An authenticated attacker can exploit this by crafting specific arguments to existing commands in the management interface, leading to unauthorized command execution. This vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring low privileges, and resulting in high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.0.0, <= 4.0.6CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.1.1, <= 4.1.3CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.2.1, <= 4.2.2CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.2.5, <= 4.2.7CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.3.0, <= 4.3.1CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0128 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 17,844 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

fortinetpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

fortiguard.com / psirt/FG-IR-22-157
PatchVendor Advisory