Fortinet FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer up to 7.4.0 HTTP Request path traversal

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A vulnerability has been found in Fortinet FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer up to 6.2.11/6.4.12/7.0.8/7.2.3/7.4.0 and classified as very critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component HTTP Request Handler. Performing a manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2023-42791. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in Fortinet FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer up to 6.2.11/6.4.12/7.0.8/7.2.3/7.4.0. This affects an unknown part of the component HTTP Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-23. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A relative path traversal in Fortinet FortiManager version 7.4.0 and 7.2.0 through 7.2.3 and 7.0.0 through 7.0.8 and 6.4.0 through 6.4.12 and 6.2.0 through 6.2.11 allows attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via crafted HTTP requests.

The weakness was disclosed 02/20/2024 as FG-IR-23-189. It is possible to read the advisory at fortiguard.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-42791 since 09/14/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/16/2024). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Fortinet

Name

• FortiAnalyzer
• FortiManager

Version

• 6.2.0
• 6.2.1
• 6.2.2
• 6.2.3
• 6.2.4
• 6.2.5
• 6.2.6
• 6.2.7
• 6.2.8
• 6.2.9
• 6.2.10
• 6.2.11
• 6.4.0
• 6.4.1
• 6.4.2
• 6.4.3
• 6.4.4
• 6.4.5
• 6.4.6
• 6.4.7
• 6.4.8
• 6.4.9
• 6.4.10
• 6.4.11
• 6.4.12
• 7.0
• 7.0.0
• 7.0.1
• 7.0.2
• 7.0.3
• 7.0.4
• 7.0.5
• 7.0.6
• 7.0.7
• 7.0.8
• 7.1
• 7.2
• 7.2.0
• 7.2.1
• 7.2.2
• 7.2.3
• 7.3
• 7.4.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.fortinet.com/

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