XSS on the reboot page in FortiOS and FortiProxy

1) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU91763

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 0.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-23111

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote user to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the reboot page. A remote privileged user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

FortiOS: 6.4.0 - 7.4.3

FortiProxy: 2.0.0 - 7.4.2

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:6.4.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fortiproxy:2.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fortiproxy:7.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fortiproxy:7.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fortiproxy:7.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

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

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.