CVE-2023-45581 Privilege escalation in FortiClientEMS

What is CVE-2023-45581?

CVE-2023-45581 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientEMS, published on 15 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An improper privilege management vulnerability [CWE-269] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientEMS 7.2.0 through 7.2.2, FortiClientEMS 7.0.6 through 7.0.10, FortiClientEMS 7.0.0 through 7.0.4, FortiClientEMS 6.4 all versions, FortiClientEMS 06.02 all versions, FortiClientEMS 6.2 all versions allows an Site administrator with Super Admin privileges to perform global administrative operations affecting other sites via crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-45581?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Forticlient Enterprise Management Server.

How do I fix CVE-2023-45581?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-45581 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-45581 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-45581 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiClientEMS

• CVE-2023-48788 Fortinet FortiClient EMS SQL Injection Exploited Critical 9.3
• CVE-2024-33508 Command injection in FortiClientEMS Medium 6.9
• CVE-2021-36189 Information disclosure in Fortinet FortiClientEMS Medium 6.8
• CVE-2021-41030 Auth bypass in Fortinet FortiClientEMS Medium 5.4
• CVE-2020-15940 Cross-site scripting in Fortinet FortiClientEMS Medium 4.1

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-gcc7-m89j-w3pq.