CVE-2023-42791 Path traversal in FortiAnalyzer

What is CVE-2023-42791?

CVE-2023-42791 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Fortinet Fortimanager, published on 20 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A relative path traversal in Fortinet FortiManager version 7.4.0 and 7.2.0 through 7.2.3 and 7.0.0 through 7.0.8 and 6.4.0 through 6.4.12 and 6.2.0 through 6.2.11 allows attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via crafted HTTP requests.

Weakness: CWE-22, CWE-23

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-42791?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Fortimanager.

How do I fix CVE-2023-42791?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-42791 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2023-42791 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-42791 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet Fortimanager

• CVE-2024-47575 Fortinet FortiManager Missing Authentication Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-3613 Privilege escalation in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-6695 Security feature bypass in Fortinet FortiManager Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-17654 Cross-site request forgery in Fortinet FortiManager High 8.8
• CVE-2015-3611 Command injection in n/a High 8.8

All Fortinet Fortimanager vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-c2qq-2j48-5pr5.