# CVE-2022-42474: Path traversal in FortiOS

> Privileged attackers can delete arbitrary directories on Fortinet devices via crafted HTTP requests exploiting relative path traversal.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Jun 2023
- **Updated:** 22 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r533-5559-j96c

## What is CVE-2022-42474?

CVE-2022-42474 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios, published on 13 Jun 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A relative path traversal vulnerability [CWE-23] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, version 7.0.0 through 7.0.9 and before 6.4.12, FortiProxy version 7.2.0 through 7.2.1 and 7.0.0 through 7.0.7, FortiSwitchManager version 7.2.0 through 7.2.1 and before 7.0.1 allows an privileged attacker to delete arbitrary directories from the filesystem through crafted HTTP requests.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory), CWE-23 (Relative Path Traversal)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-42474?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Fortinet Fortios, Fortinet Fortiproxy, Fortinet Fortiswitchmanager.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-42474?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-42474 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-42474 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-42474 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet Fortios

- [CVE-2024-23113](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23113/): Fortinet Multiple Products Format String (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-40684](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40684/): Fortinet Multiple Products Authentication Bypass (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-55591](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-55591/): Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy Authentication Bypass (critical 9.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-21762](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21762/): Fortinet FortiOS Out-of-Bound Write (critical 9.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-42475](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-42475/): Fortinet FortiOS Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (critical 9.3, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-42474 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-42474 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios, published on 13 Jun 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-42474 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fortinet Fortios. 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-2022-42474/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-42474/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-42474
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42474
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-42474

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-42474/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.