Cross-site scripting in FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer - CVE-2022-39950
Published: November 2, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU68927
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-39950
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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 Report Templates. A remote user 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.
Affected software
FortiManager
FortiAnalyzer
FortiAnalyzer
How to mitigate CVE-2022-39950
Install updates from vendor's website.
FortiManager - addressed in versions 6.4.9, 7.0.5, 7.2.0
FortiAnalyzer - addressed in versions 6.4.9, 7.0.5, 7.2.0
FortiAnalyzer - addressed in versions 6.4.9, 7.0.5, 7.2.0