SNS Vulnerability

Fortinet FortiAnalyzer "sql-query" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Description

A vulnerability has been reported in Fortinet FortiAnalyzer, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
Input passed via the "sql-query" GET parameter to /p/report/dataset/sql/run/ is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.
The vulnerability is reported in versions 5.0.0 through 5.0.10 and 5.2.0 through 5.2.1.

Vulnerable Products

Vulnerable OS:
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer 5.xVulnerable Software:

Solution

Update to version 5.0.11 or 5.2.2.

CVE

CVE-2015-3620

References

Fortinet:
http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-15-005/
Benjamin Kunz Mejri:
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131766/Fortinet-FortiAnalyzer-FortiManager-Cross-Site-Scripting.html

Vulnerability Manager Detection

IPS Protection

ASQ Engine alarm	Available Since
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'iframe' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'meta' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious tag with event found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'applet' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'div' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'style' attribute found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'img' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'a' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : cookie access attempt using script language found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'embed' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'object' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'form' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : javascript code found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : evasion attempt using tag characters encoding in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'style' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'link' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : 'script' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : 'location' javascript object found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'div' tag found in URL	3.2.0

Risk level

Low

Vulnerability First Public Report Date

2015-05-06

Target Type

Client

Possible exploit

Remote