FortiWeb 5.0.3 Cross Site Scripting

2014.02.05
Credit: William Costa
Risk: Low
Local: No
Remote: Yes
CWE: CWE-79


CVSS Base Score: 4.3/10
Impact Subscore: 2.9/10
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6/10
Exploit range: Remote
Attack complexity: Medium
Authentication: No required
Confidentiality impact: None
Integrity impact: Partial
Availability impact: None

I. VULNERABILITY ------------------------- XSS Reflected vulnerabilities in OS of FortiWeb v 5.0.3 CVE-2013-7181 <http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2013-7181> II. BACKGROUND ------------------------- Fortinet's industry-leading, Network Security Platforms deliver Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) security with exceptional throughput, ultra low latency, and multi-vector threat protection. III. DESCRIPTION ------------------------- Has been detected a XSS Reflected vulnerability in Fortiweb in " /user/ldap_user/add" parameter "filter" 5.0.3 , that allows the execution of arbitrary HTML/script code to be executed in the context of the victim user's browser and/or Session Hijacking attack IV. PROOF OF CONCEPT ------------------------- The application does not validate the parameter filter in " /user/ldap_user/add". V. BUSINESS IMPACT ------------------------- That allows the execution attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators. VI. REQUIREMENTS ----------------------- An Attacker needs to know the IP of the device. An Administrator needs an authenticated connection to the device. VII. SYSTEMS AFFECTED ------------------------- Try FortiWEB VM or appliance v5.0.3 VIII. SOLUTION ------------------------- Upgrade to FortiWeb 5.1.0 or higher. By William Costa


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