Fortinet FortiOS up to 6.4.9/7.0.5/7.2.0 Security Fabric External Connector URI cross site scripting
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A vulnerability was found in Fortinet FortiOS up to 6.4.9/7.0.5/7.2.0 (Firewall Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Security Fabric External Connector. The manipulation of the argument URI
with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:
An improper neutralization of input during web page generation vulnerability [CWE-79] in FortiOS version 7.2.0, version 6.4.0 through 6.4.9, version 7.0.0 through 7.0.5 may allow an authenticated attacker to perform a stored cross site scripting (XSS) attack through the URI parameter via the Threat Feed IP address section of the Security Fabric External connectors.
The weakness was disclosed 09/07/2022 as FG-IR-21-222. It is possible to read the advisory at fortiguard.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-43080 since 10/28/2021. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The entries VDB-59926, VDB-71283, VDB-74163 and VDB-122536 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.5
VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.5
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NVD Base Score: 5.4
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CNA Base Score: 4.6
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
10/28/2021 🔍09/07/2022 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: fortinet.comAdvisory: FG-IR-21-222
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2021-43080 (🔍)
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Entry
Created: 09/07/2022 21:29Updated: 10/14/2022 10:11
Changes: 09/07/2022 21:29 (51), 10/14/2022 10:11 (11)
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