Vigil@nce - Fortinet FortiOS: Cross Site Scripting via comments
August 2017 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a Cross Site Scripting via comments in
Fortinet FortiOS, in order to run JavaScript code in the context
of the web site.
Impacted products: FortiGate, FortiGate Virtual Appliance, FortiOS.
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 15/06/2017.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Fortinet FortiOS product offers a web service.
However, it does not filter received data for comments before
inserting them in generated HTML documents.
An attacker can therefore trigger a Cross Site Scripting via
comments in Fortinet FortiOS, in order to run JavaScript code in
the context of the web site.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Fortinet-FortiOS-Cross-Site-Scripting-via-comments-22984