Cross-site scripting (XSS) in FortiOS - CVE-2017-14186
Published: November 29, 2017 / Updated: May 27, 2019
Vulnerability details
Vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in Fortinet FortiOS 5.6.0 to 5.6.2, 5.4.0 to 5.4.6, 5.2.0 to 5.2.12, 5.0 and below versions under SSL VPN web portal when processing the login "redir" parameter. A remote authenticated attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security 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.