Persistent Cross-site scripting (XSS) in FortiVoice - #VU305
Published: August 12, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU305
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Fortinet, Inc
Affected software:
FortiVoice
FortiVoice
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 bypass implemented filtering rules and 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.
Remediation
Update to the latest version 5.0.5 and above.