#VU302 Cross-site scripting (XSS) in FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer - CVE-2016-3195
Published: August 12, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU302
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3195
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
FortiManager
FortiAnalyzer
FortiManager
FortiAnalyzer
Software vendor:
Fortinet, Inc
Fortinet, Inc
Description
The vulnerability allow a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-input passed to Web-UI. 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.
Remediation
Update to the latest version:
FortiManager
5.0.12 and above
5.2.6 and above
5.4.0 and above
FortiAnalyzer
5.0.13 and above
5.2.6 and above
5.4.0 and above