Fortinet FortiWeb up to 6.4.1 Management Interface path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Fortinet FortiWeb up to 6.4.1. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Management Interface. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2021-42753. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Fortinet FortiWeb up to 6.4.1. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 02/02/2022 as FG-IR-21-158. The advisory is available at fortiguard.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-42753 since 10/20/2021. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 209801 (Fortinet FortiWeb (FG-IR-21-158)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (209801). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

• Firewall Software

Vendor

• Fortinet

Name

• FortiWeb

Version

• 5.0
• 5.1
• 5.2
• 5.3
• 5.4
• 5.5
• 5.6
• 5.7
• 5.8
• 5.9
• 6.0
• 6.1
• 6.2
• 6.3.0
• 6.3.1
• 6.3.2
• 6.3.3
• 6.3.4
• 6.3.5
• 6.3.6
• 6.3.7
• 6.3.8
• 6.3.9
• 6.3.10
• 6.3.11
• 6.3.12
• 6.3.13
• 6.3.14
• 6.3.15
• 6.4.0
• 6.4.1

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.fortinet.com/

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