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Fortinet Fortigate xss (FG-IR-23-106)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 181358

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Synopsis

Remote host is affected by a xss vulnerability.

Description

The version of Fortigate installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FG-IR-23-106 advisory.

 - An improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability [CWE-79] in FortiProxy 7.2.0 through 7.2.4, 7.0.0 through 7.0.10 and FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.4, 7.0.0 through 7.0.11, 6.4.0 through 6.4.12, 6.2.0 through 6.2.14 GUI may allow an authenticated attacker to trigger malicious JavaScript code execution via crafted guest management setting. (CVE-2023-29183)

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 Fortigate version 6.2.15 / 6.4.13 / 7.0.12 / 7.2.5 or later.

See Also

https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-106

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 181358

File Name: fortigate_FG-IR-23-106.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Family: Firewalls

Published: 9/13/2023

Updated: 10/26/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-29183

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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/model, Host/Fortigate/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/13/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/13/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-29183

IAVA: 2023-A-0486