# CVE-2023-25609: Server-side request forgery in FortiAnalyzer

> Authenticated attackers can exploit SSRF in FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer to access unauthorized files and services on the system.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:F/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:** 13 Jun 2023
- **Updated:** 22 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jc25-r723-4cf5

## What is CVE-2023-25609?

CVE-2023-25609 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Fortinet Fortianalyzer, published on 13 Jun 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability [CWE-918] in FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer GUI 7.2.0 through 7.2.1, 7.0.0 through 7.0.6, 6.4.8 through 6.4.11 may allow a remote and authenticated attacker to access unauthorized files and services on the system via specially crafted web requests.

Weakness: CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-25609?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Fortinet Fortianalyzer, Fortinet Fortimanager.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-25609?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-25609 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-25609 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-25609 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet Fortianalyzer

- [CVE-2026-24858](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-24858/): Fortinet Multiple Products Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel (critical 9.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-25610](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25610/): Memory corruption in FortiAnalyzer (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2021-32603](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-32603/): Server-side request forgery in Fortinet FortiAnalyzer, FortiManager (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-12817](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12817/): Cross-site scripting in Fortinet FortiAnalyzer (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-48886](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-48886/): Auth bypass in FortiOS (high 8.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-25609 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-25609 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Fortinet Fortianalyzer, published on 13 Jun 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-25609 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fortinet Fortianalyzer. 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-2023-25609/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25609/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-25609
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25609
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-25609

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25609/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.