CVE-2024-33508 Command injection in FortiClientEMS

What is CVE-2024-33508?

CVE-2024-33508 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientEMS, published on 10 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('Command Injection') vulnerability [CWE-77] in Fortinet FortiClientEMS 7.2.0 through 7.2.4, 7.0.0 through 7.0.12 may allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute limited and temporary operations on the underlying database via crafted requests.

Weakness: CWE-77

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-33508?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Forticlient Enterprise Management Server.

How do I fix CVE-2024-33508?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-33508 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2024-33508 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-33508 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiClientEMS

• CVE-2023-48788 Fortinet FortiClient EMS SQL Injection Exploited Critical 9.3
• CVE-2023-45581 Privilege escalation in FortiClientEMS High 7.9
• CVE-2021-36189 Information disclosure in Fortinet FortiClientEMS Medium 6.8
• CVE-2021-41030 Auth bypass in Fortinet FortiClientEMS Medium 5.4
• CVE-2020-15940 Cross-site scripting in Fortinet FortiClientEMS Medium 4.1

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-jr6g-3qr2-xfh3.