Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in FortiWeb - CVE-2017-7736
Published: November 22, 2017 / Updated: November 23, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9404
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-2017-7736
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Fortinet, Inc
Affected software:
FortiWeb
FortiWeb
Detailed vulnerability description
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in Fortinet FortiWeb webUI Certificate View page. A remote authenticated attacker can execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser via special specially crafted malicious certificate import.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-7736
Update to version 5.8.1 or 5.7.2.