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Fortinet Fortigate xss (FG-IR-23-471)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 200355

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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-23-471 advisory.

 - An improper neutralization of input during web page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability [CWE-79] in FortiOS version 7.4.3 and below, 7.2 all versions, 7.0 all versions and FortiProxy version 7.4.2 and below, 7.2 all versions, 7.0 all versions reboot page may allow a remote privileged attacker with super-admin access to execute JavaScript code via crafted HTTP GET requests. (CVE-2024-23111)

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 7.0.14 / 7.2.8 / 7.4.4 or later.

See Also

https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-471

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 200355

File Name: fortigate_FG-IR-23-471.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Family: Firewalls

Published: 6/11/2024

Updated: 10/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 3.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-23111

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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: 6/11/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-23111