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Fortinet FortiGate 6.2.2 < 6.2.6 / 6.4.x < 6.4.2 XSS (FG-IR-20-068)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 143482

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Synopsis

The remote host is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Description

The remote host is running a FortiOS version prior to 6.2.6 or 6.4.x prior to 6.4.2. It is, therefore, affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability. An authenticated attacker may be able perform a reflected cross-site scripting attack by injecting unsanitized input into multiple parameters of the error page HTTP request.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Fortinet FortiOS version 6.2.6, 6.4.2 or later.

See Also

https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-068

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 143482

File Name: fortigate_FG-IR-20-068.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Family: Firewalls

Published: 12/4/2020

Updated: 9/16/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15937

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fortinet:fortios

Required KB Items: Host/Fortigate/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/1/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/1/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15937

IAVA: 2020-A-0547-S