CVE-2021-36168 Path traversal in Fortinet FortiPortal

What is CVE-2021-36168?

CVE-2021-36168 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Fortinet FortiPortal, published on 4 Aug 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in Fortinet FortiPortal 6.x before 6.0.5, FortiPortal 5.3.x before 5.3.6 and any FortiPortal before 6.2.5 allows authenticated attacker to disclosure information via crafted GET request with malicious parameter values.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-36168?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Fortiportal.

How do I fix CVE-2021-36168?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-36168 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-2021-36168 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-36168 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiPortal

• CVE-2021-32590 SQL injection in Fortinet FortiPortal Critical 9.9
• CVE-2021-32588 Hardcoded credentials in Fortinet FortiPortal Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-7342 Security feature bypass in Fortinet FortiPortal Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-7337 Missing authorization in Fortinet FortiPortal Critical 9.1
• CVE-2025-24470 Path traversal in FortiPortal High 8.1

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-c7pp-w27c-x32c.