Stored cross-site scripting in FortiOS - CVE-2022-40680
Published: December 6, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU69936
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-2022-40680
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote user to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in replacement messages. The vulnerability allows a privileged user to inject and execute arbitrary HTML and Javascript code in victim's browser.
Affected software
FortiOS
How to mitigate CVE-2022-40680
Install update from vendor's website.
FortiOS - addressed in versions 6.4.10, 7.0.7, 7.2.2