Three XSS vulnerabilities in FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 3 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2016-3193 CVE-2016-3194 CVE-2016-3195 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-79 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
FortiManager Server applications / IDS/IPS systems, Firewalls and proxy servers FortiAnalyzer Server applications / IDS/IPS systems, Firewalls and proxy servers |
| Vendor | Fortinet, Inc |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.
The discovered vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting attacks.
1) Persistent Cross-site scripting (XSS)
EUVDB-ID: #VU304
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3193
CWE-ID:
CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allow a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-input. A remote attacker can permanently inject arbitrary HTML and script code and execute it in user’s browser in context of vulnerable website, when the victim visits page with XSS exploit.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
MitigationUpdate to the latest version:
FortiManager
5.4.1 and above
5.2.6 and above
5.0.12 and above
FortiAnalyzer
5.4.1 and above
5.2.6 and above
5.0.13 and above
FortiManager: 5.0.0 - 5.4.0
FortiAnalyzer: 5.0.0 - 5.4.0
External linkshttp://fortiguard.com/advisory/fortimanager-and-fortianalyzer-persistent-xss-vulnerability-1
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
2) Cross-site scripting (XSS)
EUVDB-ID: #VU303
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 5.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3194
CWE-ID:
CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allow a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-input passed to unknown input fields. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user’s browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
MitigationUpdate to the latest version:
FortiManager
5.0.12 and above
5.2.6 and above
5.4.0 and above
FortiAnalyzer
5.0.13 and above
5.2.6 and above
5.4.0 and above
FortiManager: 5.0.0 - 5.2.5
FortiAnalyzer: 5.0.0 - 5.2.5
External linkshttp://fortiguard.com/advisory/fortimanager-and-fortianalyzer-xss-vulnerability
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
3) Cross-site scripting (XSS)
EUVDB-ID: #VU302
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 5.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3195
CWE-ID:
CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allow a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-input passed to Web-UI. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user’s browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
MitigationUpdate to the latest version:
FortiManager
5.0.12 and above
5.2.6 and above
5.4.0 and above
FortiAnalyzer
5.0.13 and above
5.2.6 and above
5.4.0 and above
FortiManager: 5.0.0 - 5.2.5
FortiAnalyzer: 5.0.0 - 5.2.5
External linkshttp://fortiguard.com/advisory/fortimanager-and-fortianalyzer-client-side-xss-vulnerability
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
