Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Fortinet Fortios (CVE-2017-7739)
Summary
Cross-site scripting in Fortinet Fortios (CVE-2017-7739). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
A reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in web proxy disclaimer response web pages in Fortinet FortiOS 5.6.0, 5.4.0 to 5.4.5, 5.2.0 to 5.2.11 allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject arbitrary web script or HTML in the context of the victim's browser via sending a maliciously crafted URL to the victim.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-7739 has been found in Fortinet Fortios.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 6.1/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Fortinet Fortios CVE-2017-7739" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2017-7739 (Fortinet Fortios) — CWE-79 / CVSS v3 6.1
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) (CWE-79) exists in Fortinet Fortios.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Fortinet Fortios.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.1/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Fortios' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Fortios' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Fortiosを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory securityfocus.com
- advisory securitytracker.com
- patch fortiguard.com