CVE-2018-13371 Missing authorization in Fortinet FortiOS

What is CVE-2018-13371?

CVE-2018-13371 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios, published on 2 Apr 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An external control of system vulnerability in FortiOS may allow an authenticated, regular user to change the routing settings of the device via connecting to the ZebOS component.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-13371?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Fortios.

How do I fix CVE-2018-13371?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-13371 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2018-13371 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-13371 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet Fortios

• CVE-2024-23113 Fortinet Multiple Products Format String Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-40684 Fortinet Multiple Products Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-55591 Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2024-21762 Fortinet FortiOS Out-of-Bound Write Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-42475 Fortinet FortiOS Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.3

All Fortinet Fortios vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-8g7g-r3j2-29p8.