Session hijacking via insufficient WebSocket authenticity checks
Published Mar 15, 2020 · Updated Oct 25, 2024
Cross-site WebSocket hijacking in Fortinet FortiManager 6.2.1, 6.2.0, and 6.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack sessions. Fortinet identifies insufficient authenticity verification but does not disclose the affected WebSocket endpoint or the exact validation failure. Exploitation requires a FortiManager user to load attacker-controlled web content, allowing access within that user's management session.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site WebSocket hijacking in Fortinet FortiManager 6.2.1, 6.2.0, and 6.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack sessions. Fortinet identifies insufficient authenticity verification but does not disclose the affected WebSocket endpoint or the exact validation failure. Exploitation requires a FortiManager user to load attacker-controlled web content, allowing access within that user's management session.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2019-17654
- Published
- Mar 15, 2020
- Updated
- Oct 25, 2024
- Vendor
- Fortinet
- Product
- FortiManager
- Classifications
- CWE-345, T1204.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 15, 2020CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 25, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.0.6 and below
- Affected versionversion=6.2.0
- Affected versionversion=6.2.1
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