# CVE-2024-48885: Path traversal in FortiRecorder

> Attackers can escalate privileges via path traversal in Fortinet FortiRecorder, FortiVoice, and FortiWeb products using crafted packets.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C`)
- **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:** 16 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9wj2-ccpq-qx84

## What is CVE-2024-48885?

CVE-2024-48885 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiweb, published on 16 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') vulnerability in Fortinet FortiRecorder 7.2.0 through 7.2.1, FortiRecorder 7.0.0 through 7.0.4, FortiVoice 7.0.0 through 7.0.4, FortiVoice 6.4.0 through 6.4.9, FortiVoice 6.0 all versions, FortiWeb 7.6.0, FortiWeb 7.4.0 through 7.4.4, FortiWeb 7.2 all versions, FortiWeb 7.0 all versions, FortiWeb 6.4 all versions allows attacker to escalate privilege via specially crafted packets.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-48885?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Fortinet Fortirecorder, Fortinet Fortivoice, Fortinet Fortiweb.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-48885?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-48885 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-48885 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-48885 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet Fortiweb

- [CVE-2024-46664](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46664/): Path traversal in FortiRecorder (medium 5.2)
- [CVE-2024-47566](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47566/): Path traversal in FortiRecorder (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-48885 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-48885 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiweb, published on 16 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-48885 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fortinet Fortiweb. 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-2024-48885/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-48885/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-48885
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-48885
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-48885

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-48885/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.