Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2020-9288 – Fortinet FortiWLC cross-site scripting Vulnerability

Severity

Medium

Analysis Summary

Fortinet FortiWLC is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the ESS profile or the Radius Profile to inject malicious script into a Web page which would be executed in a victim’s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the page is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim’s cookie-based authentication credentials.

Impact

cross-site scripting

Affected Vendors

Fortinet

Affected Products

Fortinet FortiWLC 8.5.2

Remediation

Refer to FortiGuard Advisory FG-IR-20-016 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information.

https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-016