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Fortinet Fortigate xss (FG-IR-20-103)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 209804

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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-20-103 advisory.

 - An improper neutralization of input vulnerability in the FortiGate may allow a remote attacker to perform a stored cross site scripting attack (XSS) via the IPS and WAF logs dashboard. (CVE-2020-29010)

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 FortiOS version 6.0.11/6.2.5/6.4.2 or later.

See Also

https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-103

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 209804

File Name: fortigate_FG-IR-20-103.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Family: Firewalls

Published: 10/27/2024

Updated: 10/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-29010

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/4/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-29010