Fortinet Discovers Netgear Orbi Pro Persistent Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs has discovered stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Netgear Routers.
Netgear is a global computer networking company based in San Jose, California, in the United States. It produces networking hardware for consumers, businesses, and service providers
Orbi Pro is vulnerable to XSS on Guest Portal page. Files can be uploaded to customize the portal
however the filenames are not properly sanitized and hence allows the attacker
to send specifically crafted filename that could trigger XSS
Solutions
FortiGuard Labs released the following FortiGate IPS signature which covers this specific vulnerability:Netgear.Orbi.GuestPortal.XSS
Released May 14, 2018
Users should apply the latest update from the vendor
Timeline
Fortinet reported the vulnerability to Netgear on 04, May 2018
Netgear confirmed the vulnerability on 10, May 2018
Netgear released patch for the vulnerability on 07, December 2018