#VU75068 Stored cross-site scripting in FortiWeb - CVE-2022-43955
Published: April 13, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU75068
Vulnerability risk: Medium
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:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-43955
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
FortiWeb
FortiWeb
Software vendor:
Fortinet, Inc
Fortinet, Inc
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when processing data passed by injecting malicious payload in log entries used to build report. A remote attacker can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website when the victim views the generated attack report.
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
Install update from vendor's website.