Cross-site scripting in FortiOS and FortiProxy - CVE-2022-41330
Published: April 11, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU74858
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41330
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 administrative interface. 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.
Affected software
FortiOS
FortiProxy
RUGGEDCOM APE1808
FortiProxy
RUGGEDCOM APE1808
How to mitigate CVE-2022-41330
Install updates from vendor's website.
FortiOS - addressed in versions 6.2.13, 6.4.12, 7.0.10, 7.2.4
FortiProxy - addressed in versions 7.0.8, 7.2.2
FortiProxy - addressed in versions 7.0.8, 7.2.2