# CVE-2022-39945: Missing authorization in Fortinet FortiMail

> An authenticated admin can access and modify other domains' information due to insecure direct object references in FortiMail.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 22 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9h89-8jmf-g7hg

## 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 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-39945?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-104286/): Fortinet FortiMail Path Traversal (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-36166](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36166/): Auth bypass in Fortinet FortiMail (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-24007](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24007/): SQL injection in Fortinet FortiMail (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-9294](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9294/): Auth bypass in FortiMail (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-47539](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47539/): Auth bypass in FortiMail (critical 9.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-39945 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-39945 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fortinet FortiMail. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-39945/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-39945/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-39945
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39945
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-39945

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-39945/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.