Stored cross-site scripting in FortiOS and FortiProxy - CVE-2023-29183
Published: September 13, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU80761
CSH Severity: Medium
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-2023-29183
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 passed via guest management setting. A remote user can inject 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-2023-29183
Install updates from vendor's website.
FortiOS - addressed in versions 6.2.15, 6.4.13, 7.0.12, 7.2.5
FortiProxy - addressed in versions 7.0.11, 7.2.5
FortiProxy - addressed in versions 7.0.11, 7.2.5