# CVE-2024-33503: Privilege escalation in FortiManager

> Attackers can escalate privileges via specific shell commands in Fortinet FortiManager, requiring immediate patching by network administrators.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:O/RC:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hw72-fmxv-278r

## What is CVE-2024-33503?

CVE-2024-33503 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortianalyzer, published on 14 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A improper privilege management vulnerability in Fortinet FortiManager Cloud 7.4.1 through 7.4.3, FortiManager Cloud 7.2.1 through 7.2.5, FortiManager Cloud 7.0 all versions, FortiManager 7.4.0 through 7.4.3, FortiManager 7.2.0 through 7.2.5, FortiManager 7.0 all versions, FortiManager 6.4 all versions allows attacker to escalation of privilege via specific shell commands

Weakness: CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-33503?

It affects 4 products.


Products: Fortinet Fortianalyzer, Fortinet Fortianalyzer Cloud, Fortinet Fortimanager, Fortinet Fortimanager Cloud.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-33503?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-33503 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-33503 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-33503 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet Fortianalyzer

- [CVE-2026-24858](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-24858/): Fortinet Multiple Products Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel (critical 9.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-25610](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25610/): Memory corruption in FortiAnalyzer (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2021-32603](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-32603/): Server-side request forgery in Fortinet FortiAnalyzer, FortiManager (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-12817](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12817/): Cross-site scripting in Fortinet FortiAnalyzer (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-48886](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-48886/): Auth bypass in FortiOS (high 8.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-33503 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-33503 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortianalyzer, published on 14 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-33503 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fortinet Fortianalyzer. 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-2024-33503/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-33503/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-33503
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-33503
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-33503

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-33503/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.