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-Infinity
0
Severity
6.7
AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:X/RC:X

A use of hard-coded password vulnerability in FortiWLC version 8.5.2 and below, version 8.4.8 and below, version 8.3.3 to 8.3.2, version 8.2.7 to 8.2.6 may allow a local, authenticated attacker to connect to the managed Access Point (Meru AP and FortiAP-U) as root using the default hard-coded username and password.

Remedy

Please upgrade to FortiWLC versions 8.6.0 or above. Please upgrade to FortiWLC versions 8.5.3 or above.
First published (updated )
Severity
5.3
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

An improper access control (CWE-284) vulnerability in FortiWLC version 8.6.0, version 8.5.3 and below, version 8.4.8 and below, version 8.3.3 and below, version 8.2.7 to 8.2.4, version 8.1.3 may allow an unauthenticated and remote attacker to access certain areas of the web management CGI functionality by just specifying the correct URL. The vulnerability applies only to limited CGI resources and might allow the unauthorized party to access configuration details.

Remedy

Please upgrade to FortiWLC version 8.5.4 or above. Please upgrade to FortiWLC version 8.6.1 or above.
First published (updated )
Severity
6.1
XSS
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:F/RL:X/RC:X

An improper neutralization of input during web page generation in FortiWLC version 8.6.0, version 8.5.3 and below, version 8.4.8 and below, version 8.3.3 web interface may allow both authenticated remote attackers and non-authenticated attackers in the same network as the appliance to perform a stored cross site scripting attack (XSS) via injecting malicious payloads in different locations.

Remedy

Please upgrade to FortiWLC version 8.6.1 or above. Please upgrade to FortiWLC version 8.5.4 or above.
First published (updated )
Severity
6.1
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

A externally controlled reference to a resource in another sphere vulnerability in Fortinet allows attacker to poison web caches via crafted HTTP requests, where the Host header points to an arbitrary webserver

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Source: MITRE

Remedy

FortiOS Administrative Interface Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.0.6 and above, Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.2.1 and above. AND Set the `admin-host` property to the device hostname, which will disable `Host redirection`: config system global     set admin-host "Administrative host for HTTP and HTTPs. When set, will be used in lieu of the client's Host header for any redirection" SSLVPN interface Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.4.0 or above Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.2.5 or above AND Set the `server-hostname` property to the device hostname, which will disable `Host redirection` for SSL VPN: config vpn ssl settings                  set server-hostname Server hostname for HTTPS. When set, will be used for SSL VPN web proxy host header for any redirection. Webfilter interface (port 8008) Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.4.0 or above Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.2.5 or above Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.0.12 or above Upgrade to FortiOS version 6.4.13 or above FortiProxy Administrative Interface Upgrade to FortiProxy version 7.0.5 and above AND Set the `admin-host` property to the device hostname, which will disable `Host redirection`: config system global     set admin-host "Administrative host for HTTP and HTTPs. When set, will be used in lieu of the client's Host header for any redirection" SSLVPN interface Upgrade to FortiProxy version 7.4.0 or above AND Set the `server-hostname` property to the device hostname, which will disable `Host redirection` for SSL VPN: config vpn ssl settings                  set server-hostname Server hostname for HTTPS. When set, will be used for SSL VPN web proxy host header for any redirection. WebFilter interface (port 8008) Upgrade to FortiProxy version 7.4.0 or above Upgrade to FortiRecorder version 7.0.0 or above Upgrade to FortiRecorder version 6.4.3 or above Upgrade to FortiRecorder version 6.0.11 or above Upgrade to FortiNDR version 7.4.0 or above FortiAnalyzer & FortiManager Upgrade to version 7.6.0 or above Upgrade to version 7.4.4 or above Set the `admin-host` property to the device hostname, which will disable `Host redirection` for administrative interface. config system global set admin-host end FortiNDR Upgrade to FortiNDR version 7.2.1 or above Upgrade to FortiNDR version 7.1.1 or above AND Set the `https-redirect-host` property to the device hostname, which will disable `Host redirection`: config system global     set https-redirect-host "Administrative host for HTTP and HTTPs. When set, will be used in lieu of the client's Host header for any redirection" end FortiADC Upgrade to FortiADC version 7.1.0 or above Upgrade to FortiADC version 7.0.2 or above Upgrade to FortiADC version 6.2.4 or above AND Set the `admin-host` property to the device hostname, which will disable `Host redirection`:   config system global     set admin-host "Administrative host for HTTP and HTTPs. When set, will be used in lieu of the client's Host header for any redirection" FortiDDOS-F Upgrade to FortiDDoS-F version 6.4.0 or above Upgrade to FortiDDoS-F version 6.3.4 or above AND Set the `admin-host` property to the device hostname, which will disable `Host redirection`:   config system global     set admin-host "Administrative host for HTTP and HTTPs. When set, will be used in lieu of the client's Host header for any redirection" Upgrade to FortiSwitch version 7.2.0 or above Upgrade to FortiSwitch version 7.0.5 or above Upgrade to FortiSwitch version 6.4.11 or above Upgrade to FortiVoice version 7.0.2 or above Upgrade to FortiVoice version 6.4.9 or above Upgrade to FortiMail version 7.2.0 or above Upgrade to FortiMail version 7.0.4 or above Upgrade to FortiWLC version 8.6.7 or above Upgrade to FortiAuthenticator version 6.4.2 or above Upgrade to FortiAuthenticator version 6.3.4 or above Upgrade to FortiDDoS version 5.6.0 or above Upgrade to FortiDDoS version 5.5.2 or above Upgrade to FortiSOAR version 7.3.0 or above Upgrade to FortiTester version 7.3.0 or above Upgrade to FortiTester version 7.2.2 or above
First published (updated )
Severity
5.4
XSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

An improper neutralization of input vulnerability in FortiWLC 8.5.1 allows a remote authenticated attacker to perform a stored cross site scripting attack (XSS) via the ESS profile or the Radius Profile.

First published (updated )
Severity
5.4
XSS
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWLC 6.1-x (6.1-2, 6.1-4 and 6.1-5); 7.0-x (7.0-7, 7.0-8, 7.0-9, 7.0-10); and 8.x (8.0, 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3.0-8.3.2) allows an authenticated user to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via non-sanitized parameters "refresh" and "branchtotable" present in HTTP POST requests.

First published (updated )

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