QID 43994

Date Published: 2023-03-21

QID 43994: FortiOS Path Traversal Vulnerability (FG-IR-22-401)

A relative path traversal vulnerability [CWE-23] in FortiOS and FortiProxy may allow privileged VDOM administrators to escalate their privileges to super admin of the box via crafted CLI requests.

Affected Versions:
FortiOS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.3
FortiOS version 7.0.0 through 7.0.8
FortiOS version 6.4.0 through 6.4.11
FortiOS version 6.2.0 through 6.2.12

QID Detection Logic (Authenticated):
Detection checks for vulnerable version of FortiOS.

Vulnerable OS may allow privileged VDOM administrators to escalate their privileges to super admin of the box via crafted CLI requests.

CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.2 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as High - 6.5 severity.

Solution

Fortinet has released patch addressing the vulnerability. For more information please refer to FG-IR-22-401

Vendor References

FG-IR-22-401 - www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-401

CVEs related to QID 43994

CVE-2022-42476 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
FG-IR-22-401			www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-401

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