CVE-2021-43070 Path traversal in Fortinet FortiWLM

What is CVE-2021-43070?

CVE-2021-43070 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWLM, published on 2 Mar 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple relative path traversal vulnerabilities [CWE-23] in FortiWLM management interface 8.6.2 and below, 8.5.2 and below, 8.4.2 and below, 8.3.3 and below, 8.2.2 may allow an authenticated attacker to retrieve arbitrary files from the underlying filesystem via specially crafted web requests.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-43070?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Fortiwlm.

How do I fix CVE-2021-43070?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-43070 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-2021-43070 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-43070 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiWLM

• CVE-2017-7336 Hardcoded credentials in Fortinet FortiWLM Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-34990 Path traversal in FortiWLM Critical 9.6
• CVE-2023-34993 Command injection in FortiWLM Critical 9.6
• CVE-2023-36547 Command injection in FortiWLM Critical 9.6
• CVE-2023-36548 Command injection in FortiWLM Critical 9.6

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-x7gj-6vhf-hvmm.