PT-2019-2558 · Fortinet · Fortiweb

Published 2019-06-12 · Updated 2019-09-03 · CVE-2019-5590

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Fortinet FortiWeb versions 6.0.2 and below

Description The issue allows an attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via attack reports generated in HTML form due to the lack of encoding of the URL part of the report message. This may enable a remote attacker to perform Cross Site Scripting attacks. The vulnerability exists because of inadequate protection of the web page structure, which can be exploited to execute arbitrary code or commands.

Recommendations For Fortinet FortiWeb versions 6.0.2 and below, consider disabling the generation of attack reports in HTML form until a patch is available to prevent potential exploitation. Restrict access to the report generation feature to minimize the risk of unauthorized code execution.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-02410

CVE-2019-5590

Affected Products

Fortiweb

References · 7

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-02410 · Security Note
• https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-19-070 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-5590 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5590 · Security Note
• https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-070 · Note
• https://securitylab.ru/vulnerability/499447.php · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/108786 · Note