CVE-2023-46712 Privilege escalation in FortiPortal

What is CVE-2023-46712?

CVE-2023-46712 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet FortiPortal, published on 10 Jan 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A improper access control in Fortinet FortiPortal version 7.0.0 through 7.0.6, Fortinet FortiPortal version 7.2.0 through 7.2.1 allows attacker to escalate its privilege via specifically crafted HTTP requests.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-46712?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Fortiportal.

How do I fix CVE-2023-46712?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-46712 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-46712 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-46712 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiPortal

• CVE-2021-32590 SQL injection in Fortinet FortiPortal Critical 9.9
• CVE-2021-32588 Hardcoded credentials in Fortinet FortiPortal Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-7342 Security feature bypass in Fortinet FortiPortal Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-7337 Missing authorization in Fortinet FortiPortal Critical 9.1
• CVE-2025-24470 Path traversal in FortiPortal High 8.1

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-q2qc-2pfg-hfvg.