Persistent Cross-site scripting (XSS) in FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer - CVE-2016-3193
Published: August 12, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU304
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3193
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Fortinet, Inc
Affected software:
FortiManager
FortiAnalyzer
FortiManager
FortiAnalyzer
Detailed vulnerability description
The 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-3193
Update 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