Fortinet FortiClient EMS SQL Injection Vulnerability

Summary

CVECVE-2023-48788
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerUnknown
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2024-03-12 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2024-03-26 01:00:00 UTC
DescriptionFortinet FortiClient EMS contains a SQL injection vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute commands as SYSTEM via specifically crafted requests.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.975910000 probability, percentile 0.998940000 (date 2026-07-22)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2024-03-25; due 2024-04-15; ransomware use Known

Problem Types: CWE-89

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorFortinet
ProductFortiClient EMS
NameFortinet FortiClient EMS SQL Injection Vulnerability
Required ActionApply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Noteshttps://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-007; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-48788

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Fortinet Forticlient Enterprise Management Server All All All All
Application Fortinet Forticlient Enterprise Management Server All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-007 fortiguard.com
fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-430 fortiguard.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 379512 FortiClient Endpoint Management Server (EMS) SQL Injection Vulnerability (FG-IR-24-007)
  • 731291 FortiClient Endpoint Management Server (EMS) SQL Injection Vulnerability (Unauthenticated Check)

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