Fortinet FortiClientEMS up to 6.4.4/6.4.9/7.0.13/7.2.2 HTTPS Request server-side request forgery

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Fortinet FortiClientEMS up to 6.4.4/6.4.9/7.0.13/7.2.2. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component HTTPS Request Handler. This manipulation causes server-side request forgery. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2023-48786. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Fortinet FortiClientEMS up to 6.4.4/6.4.9/7.0.13/7.2.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component HTTPS Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a server-side request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-918. The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A server-side request forgery vulnerability [CWE-918] in Fortinet FortiClientEMS version 7.4.0 through 7.4.2 and before 7.2.6 may allow an authenticated attacker to perform internal requests via crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests.

It is possible to read the advisory at fortiguard.fortinet.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-48786 since 11/19/2023. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Fortinet

Name

• FortiClientEMS

Version

• 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
• 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
• 7.0.9
• 7.0.10
• 7.0.11
• 7.0.12
• 7.0.13
• 7.2.0
• 7.2.1
• 7.2.2

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.fortinet.com/

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