CVE-2023-22636 Missing authorization in FortiWeb

What is CVE-2023-22636?

CVE-2023-22636 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiweb, published on 27 Feb 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An unauthorized configuration download vulnerability in FortiWeb 6.3.6 through 6.3.21, 6.4.0 through 6.4.2 and 7.0.0 through 7.0.4 may allow a local attacker to access confidential configuration files via a crafted http request.

Weakness: CWE-285

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-22636?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Fortiweb.

How do I fix CVE-2023-22636?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-22636 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-2023-22636 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-22636 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2025-25257 Fortinet FortiWeb SQL Injection Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2025-64446 Fortinet FortiWeb Path Traversal Exploited Critical 9.4
• CVE-2025-58034 Fortinet FortiWeb OS Command Injection Exploited Medium 6.7
• CVE-2020-29015 SQL injection in Fortinet FortiWeb Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-29016 Memory corruption in Fortinet FortiWeb Critical 9.8

All Fortinet Fortiweb vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-r8gh-fx77-763f.