PT-2017-17917 · Fortinet · Fortiweb

Published 2017-11-22 · Updated 2017-12-07 · CVE-2017-7736

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FortiWeb versions 5.8.0, 5.7.1 and earlier

Description A stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) issue in the webUI Certificate View page allows attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via specially crafted malicious certificate imports.

Recommendations For versions 5.8.0, 5.7.1 and earlier, consider restricting access to the webUI Certificate View page until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid importing certificates from untrusted sources to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-7736

Affected Products

Fortiweb

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7736 · Vendor Advisory
• https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-131 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7736 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/101916 · Note