CVE-2023-46964 — Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Hillstone Next Generation FireWall S

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Hillstone Next Generation FireWall SG-6000-e3960 v.5.5 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the use front-end filtering instead of back-end filtering.

01What is this vulnerability?

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Hillstone Next Generation FireWall SG-6000-e3960 v.5.5 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the use front-end filtering instead of back-end filtering.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Hillstone	Next Generation FireWall SG	6000-E3960 — Version 5.5

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-05T14:30:40.694Z

09References

• foremost-smash-52a.notion.site — https://foremost-smash-52a.notion.site/Hillstone-Next-Generation-FireWall-XSS-CV…