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Fortinet FortiWeb xss (FG-IR-22-428)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 174258

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Synopsis

Remote host is affected by a xss vulnerability.

Description

The version of FortiWeb installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FG-IR-22-428 advisory.

 - An improper neutralization of input during web page generation [CWE-79] in the FortiWeb web interface 7.0.0 through 7.0.3, 6.3.0 through 6.3.21, 6.4 all versions, 6.2 all versions, 6.1 all versions and 6.0 all versions may allow an unauthenticated and remote attacker to perform a reflected cross site scripting attack (XSS) via injecting malicious payload in log entries used to build report. (CVE-2022-43955)

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

Solution

Please upgrade to FortiWeb version 7.2.0 or above Please upgrade to FortiWeb version 7.0.4 or above Please upgrade to FortiWeb version 6.3.22 or above

See Also

https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-428

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 174258

File Name: fortiweb_FG-IR-22-428.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Firewalls

Published: 4/13/2023

Updated: 4/19/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-43955

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:/a:fortinet:fortiweb

Required KB Items: Host/Fortigate/model, Host/Fortigate/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/11/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/11/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-43955