Stored cross-site scripting in FortiNAC and FortiNAC-F - CVE-2023-26206
Published: February 9, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU86283
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-26206
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Fortinet, Inc
Affected software:
FortiNAC
FortiNAC-F
FortiNAC
FortiNAC-F
Detailed vulnerability description
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 passed via the name fields observed in the policy audit logs. A remote attacker can permanently inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website when the audit log is viewed.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-26206
Install updates from vendor's website.