Stored cross-site scripting in FortiOS - CVE-2022-40680
Published: December 6, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU69936
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-2022-40680
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Fortinet, Inc
Affected software:
FortiOS
FortiOS
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-40680
Install update from vendor's website.