Fortinet FortiOS 5.4.x < 5.4.6 / 5.6.x < 5.6.1 XSS (FG-IR-17-113)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 104274

Synopsis

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

Description

The version of Fortinet FortiOS running on the remote device is 5.4 prior to 5.4.6 or 5.6 prior to 5.6.1. It is, therefore, affected by a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the FortiOS web GUI 'Login Disclaimer' redir parameter.

Solution

Upgrade to Fortinet FortiOS version 5.4.6 / 5.6.1 or later.

See Also

https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-17-113

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 104274

File Name: fortios_FG-IR-17-113.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Family: Firewalls

Published: 10/31/2017

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-2017-7733

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/model, Host/Fortigate/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/24/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/24/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7733

BID: 101563