Improper Privilege Management in Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy
CVE-2023-44250

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Fortinet
Status
FortiOS
FortiProxy
Vendor
CVE Published:
10 January 2024

What is CVE-2023-44250?

An improper privilege management vulnerability exists in Fortinet's FortiOS HA and FortiProxy HA clusters, impacting specific versions. This flaw allows authenticated attackers to escalate their privileges and perform unauthorized actions by crafting special HTTP or HTTPS requests. Organizations using the affected versions should prioritize identifying and mitigating this issue to protect their network security.

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Affected Version(s)

FortiOS 7.4.0 <= 7.4.1

FortiOS 7.2.5

FortiProxy 7.4.0 <= 7.4.1

References

https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-315

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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