CVE-2023-50181 Missing authorization in FortiADC

What is CVE-2023-50181?

CVE-2023-50181 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Fortinet FortiADC, published on 9 Jul 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An improper access control vulnerability [CWE-284] in Fortinet FortiADC version 7.4.0 through 7.4.1 and before 7.2.4 allows a read only authenticated attacker to perform some write actions via crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-50181?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Fortiadc.

How do I fix CVE-2023-50181?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-50181 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2023-50181 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-50181 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiADC

• CVE-2018-13374 Fortinet FortiOS and FortiADC Improper Access Control Exploited Medium 4.3
• CVE-2022-38374 Cross-site scripting in Fortinet FortiADC High 8.8
• CVE-2023-37933 Cross-site scripting in FortiADC High 8.6
• CVE-2022-39947 Command injection in FortiADC High 8.6
• CVE-2022-35851 Cross-site scripting in Fortinet FortiADC High 8.0

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-c85c-x2rg-634r.