CVE-2023-47542 Code injection in FortiManager

What is CVE-2023-47542?

CVE-2023-47542 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Fortinet Fortimanager, published on 9 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A improper neutralization of special elements used in a template engine [CWE-1336] in FortiManager versions 7.4.1 and below, versions 7.2.4 and below, and 7.0.10 and below allows attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via specially crafted templates.

Weakness: CWE-94, CWE-1336

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-47542?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Fortimanager.

How do I fix CVE-2023-47542?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-47542 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2023-47542 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-47542 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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
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Also known as GHSA-8g7p-mx5x-8frc.