#VU37093 Cross-site scripting in FortiAuthenticator - CVE-2018-9186
Published: June 1, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37093
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/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-2018-9186
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
FortiAuthenticator
FortiAuthenticator
Software vendor:
Fortinet, Inc
Fortinet, Inc
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. The vulnerability allows attacker to execute unauthorized script code via inject malicious scripts in HTTP referer header.
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 version 5.3.0.