Cross-site scripting in Fortinet, FortiManager

1) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU789

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-2015-7363

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by incorrect filtration of input data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim’s browser in security 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.

Mitigation

Upgrade FortiManager to:
5.0.12 and above
5.2.3 and above
5.4.0 and above
 
Update FortiAnalyzer to:
5.0.13 and above
5.2.3 and above
5.4.0 and above

Vulnerable software versions

FortiManager: 5.0.0 - 5.2.2

FortiAnalyzer: 5.0.0 - 5.2.2

External links

http://fortiguard.com/advisory/fortianalyzer-and-fortimanager-stored-xss-vulnerability-in-report-fil...

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.