CVE-2014-4738 Cross-site scripting in n/a

What is CVE-2014-4738?

CVE-2014-4738 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiweb, published on 11 Jul 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in FortiGuard FortiWeb 5.0.x, 5.1.x, and 5.2.x before 5.2.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors to (1) user/ldap_user/check_dlg or (2) user/radius_user/check_dlg.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-4738?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Fortiweb.

How do I fix CVE-2014-4738?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-4738 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2014-4738 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-4738 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2020-29015 SQL injection in Fortinet FortiWeb Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-29016 Memory corruption in Fortinet FortiWeb Critical 9.8

All Fortinet Fortiweb vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-x458-4q2q-76hr.