Cross-site scripting in FortiWLC - CVE-2017-7335
Published: October 26, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38019
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7335
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Fortinet, Inc
Affected software:
FortiWLC
FortiWLC
Detailed vulnerability description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in Fortinet FortiWLC 6.1-x (6.1-2, 6.1-4 and 6.1-5); 7.0-x (7.0-7, 7.0-8, 7.0-9, 7.0-10); and 8.x (8.0, 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3.0-8.3.2). 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-7335
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.