A relative path traversal in Fortinet FortiManager version 7.4.0 and 7.2.0 through 7.2.3 and 7.0.0 through 7.0.8 and 6.4.0 through 6.4.12 a…

published 2024-02-20 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-47221

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 4.0%; EPSS 4.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits: 0; none known

A relative path traversal in Fortinet FortiManager version 7.4.0 and 7.2.0 through 7.2.3 and 7.0.0 through 7.0.8 and 6.4.0 through 6.4.12 and 6.2.0 through 6.2.11 allows attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via crafted HTTP requests.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

Fortinet FortiManager 7.4.1
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer 7.4.1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-07-09)

Exploit prediction

3.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:X/RC:X
CNA	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Fortinet FortiManager
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer

Classification

Weakness

CWE-23 Relative Path Traversal
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

Technology feeds

Fortinet rss critical rss

References

fortiguard.com /psirt/FG-IR-23-189
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-42791
NVD CVE-2023-42791

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Summary