CVE-2019-15708 Command injection in Fortinet FortiAP

Medium 6.7 Published Updated

Unauthorized administrators can execute arbitrary system commands via crafted ifconfig inputs in the FortiAP CLI console.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2019-15708?

CVE-2019-15708 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Fortinet FortiAP, published on 15 Mar 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A system command injection vulnerability in the FortiAP-S/W2 6.2.1, 6.2.0, 6.0.5 and below, FortiAP 6.0.5 and below and FortiAP-U below 6.0.0 under CLI admin console may allow unauthorized administrators to run arbitrary system level commands via specially crafted ifconfig commands.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-15708?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Fortinet Fortiap, Fortinet Fortiap-S, Fortinet Fortiap-U, Fortinet Fortiap-W2.

How do I fix CVE-2019-15708?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-15708 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2019-15708 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-15708 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2gq5-qf2r-h3gj.

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