CVE-2019-15707 Missing authorization in Fortinet FortiMail

What is CVE-2019-15707?

CVE-2019-15707 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Fortinet FortiMail, published on 23 Jan 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An improper access control vulnerability in FortiMail admin webUI 6.2.0, 6.0.0 to 6.0.6, 5.4.10 and below may allow administrators to perform system backup config download they should not be authorized for.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-15707?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Fortimail.

How do I fix CVE-2019-15707?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-15707 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-2019-15707 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-15707 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiMail

• CVE-2026-104286 Fortinet FortiMail Path Traversal Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-36166 Auth bypass in Fortinet FortiMail Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-24007 SQL injection in Fortinet FortiMail Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-9294 Auth bypass in FortiMail Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-47539 Auth bypass in FortiMail Critical 9.0

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-2427-rpxm-q3f4.