CVE-2022-39945 Missing authorization in Fortinet FortiMail

What is CVE-2022-39945?

CVE-2022-39945 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Fortinet FortiMail, published on 2 Nov 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An improper access control vulnerability [CWE-284] in FortiMail 7.2.0, 7.0.0 through 7.0.3, 6.4 all versions, 6.2 all versions, 6.0 all versions may allow an authenticated admin user assigned to a specific domain to access and modify other domains information via insecure direct object references (IDOR).

Weakness: CWE-639

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-39945?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Fortimail.

How do I fix CVE-2022-39945?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-39945 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-2022-39945 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-39945 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
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Also known as GHSA-9h89-8jmf-g7hg.