SB2019061301 - Stored XSS in FortiWeb reports 

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SB2019061301 - Stored XSS in FortiWeb reports

Published: June 13, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019061301
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5590)

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when displaying attack report elements. A remote attacker can send specially crafted payload that will be executed in victim's browser once the victim views the attack report in HTML format.

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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References