# CVE-2024-23669: Missing authorization in FortiWebManager

> Attackers can execute unauthorized code or commands via HTTP requests or CLI due to improper authorization in FortiWebManager.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:F/RL:O/RC:X`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2vp4-2rgc-wf9w

## What is CVE-2024-23669?

CVE-2024-23669 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWebManager, published on 5 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An improper authorization in Fortinet FortiWebManager 7.2.0, FortiWebManager 7.0.0 through 7.0.4, FortiWebManager 6.3.0, FortiWebManager 6.2.3 through 6.2.4, FortiWebManager 6.0.2 allows attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via HTTP requests or CLI.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization), CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-23669?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fortinet Fortiwebmanager.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-23669?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-23669 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-23669 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23669 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiWebManager

- [CVE-2024-23668](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23668/): Missing authorization in FortiWebManager (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2024-23667](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23667/): Missing authorization in FortiWebManager (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2024-23670](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23670/): Missing authorization in FortiWebManager (high 7.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-23669 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-23669 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWebManager, published on 5 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23669 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fortinet FortiWebManager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23669/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23669/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23669
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23669
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-23669

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23669/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.