Zero-Day Advisory

Fortinet Discovers Netgear Bridge Mode Cross-Site Scripting

Summary

Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs has discovered stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) 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

Nighthawk and Orbi series devices are vulnerable to XSS on its bridge mode wireless settings page

Solutions

FortiGuard Labs released the following FortiGate IPS signature which covers this specific vulnerability:

Netgear.NightHawk.BridgeMode.XSS
Released Jul 02, 2018

Users should apply the latest update from the vendor

Timeline

Fortinet reported the vulnerability to Netgear on 17, May 2018

Netgear confirmed the vulnerability on 18, May 2018

Netgear released patch for the vulnerability on 30, May 2019

References

• https://kb.netgear.com/000060973/Security-Advisory-for-Reflected-Cross-Site-Scripting-on-Some-Routers-Gateways-and-WiFi-Systems-PSV-2018-0252
  

Acknowledgement

This vulnerability was discovered by Wayne Low of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs.

IPS Subscription

Fortinet customers who subscribe to Fortinet's intrusion prevention (IPS) service should be protected against this vulnerability with the appropriate configuration parameters in place. Fortinet's IPS service is one component of FortiGuard Subscription Services, which also offer comprehensive solutions such as antivirus, Web content filtering and antispam capabilities. These services enable protection against threats on both application and network layers. FortiGuard Services are continuously updated by FortiGuard Labs, which enables Fortinet to deliver a combination of multi-layered security intelligence and true zero-day protection from new and emerging threats. These updates are delivered to all FortiGate, FortiMail and FortiClient products. Fortinet strictly follows responsible disclosure guidelines to ensure optimum protection during a threat's lifecycle.