CVE-2021-24013 Path traversal in Fortinet FortiMail

What is CVE-2021-24013?

CVE-2021-24013 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Fortinet FortiMail, published on 12 Jul 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple Path traversal vulnerabilities in the Webmail of FortiMail before 6.4.4 may allow a regular user to obtain unauthorized access to files and data via specifically crafted web requests.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24013?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Fortimail.

How do I fix CVE-2021-24013?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24013 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2021-24013 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24013 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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-43fc-qcr8-6g6r.