CVE-2022-38375 Missing authorization in FortiNAC

What is CVE-2022-38375?

CVE-2022-38375 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Fortinet FortiNAC, published on 16 Feb 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An improper authorization vulnerability [CWE-285]  in Fortinet FortiNAC version 9.4.0 through 9.4.1 and before 9.2.6 allows an unauthenticated user to perform some administrative operations over the FortiNAC instance via crafted HTTP POST requests.

Weakness: CWE-285

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-38375?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fortinet Fortinac, Fortinet Fortinac-F.

How do I fix CVE-2022-38375?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-38375 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-2022-38375 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38375 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiNAC

• CVE-2022-39952 Path traversal in FortiNAC Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-33299 Deserialization in FortiNAC Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-26117 Hardcoded credentials in Fortinet FortiNAC High 8.8
• CVE-2022-39953 Privilege escalation in FortiNAC High 7.8
• CVE-2021-43065 Privilege escalation in Fortinet FortiNAC High 7.8

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-pxw3-v724-g6xr.