Fortinet Fortigate FortiDB up to 4.4.1 admin/auditTrail.jsf conversationContext cross site scripting

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Fortinet Fortigate FortiDB up to 4.4.1. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file admin/auditTrail.jsf. The manipulation of the argument conversationContext as part of Parameter leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2012-6347. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Fortinet Fortigate FortiDB up to 4.4.1 (Firewall Software). This issue affects an unknown functionality of the file admin/auditTrail.jsf. The manipulation of the argument conversationContext as part of a Parameter 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:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Java number format exception handling in FortiGate FortiDB before 4.4.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the conversationContext parameter to (1) admin/auditTrail.jsf, (2) mapolicymgmt/targetsMonitorView.jsf, (3) vascan/globalsummary.jsf, (4) vaerrorlog/vaErrorLog.jsf, (5) database/listTargetGroups.jsf, (6) sysconfig/listSystemInfo.jsf, (7) vascan/list.jsf, (8) network/router.jsf, (9) mapolicymgmt/editPolicyProfile.jsf, or (10) mapolicymgmt/maPolicyMasterList.jsf.

The bug was discovered 08/04/2015. The weakness was released 02/09/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at fortiguard.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-6347 since 12/13/2012. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 920 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 4.4.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Firewall Software

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• Fortinet

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• Fortigate FortiDB

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• 4.4.0
• 4.4.1

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.fortinet.com/

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