Vulnerability · Published Mar 7, 2023 · Assigned by fortinet

CVE-2022-42476

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in FortiOS from Fortinet. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 12% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 87.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A relative path traversal vulnerability [CWE-23] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.8, FortiOS 6.4.0 through 6.4.11, FortiOS 6.2.0 through 6.2.12, FortiProxy 7.2.0 through 7.2.1, FortiProxy 7.0.0 through 7.0.7, FortiProxy 2.0.0 through 2.0.11, FortiProxy 1.2 all versions, FortiProxy 01.02 all versions, FortiProxy 1.1 all versions, FortiProxy 01.01 all versions allows privileged VDOM administrators to escalate their privileges to super admin of the box via crafted CLI requests.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Fortinet FortiOS 7.2.0 – through 7.2.37.0.0 – through 7.0.86.4.0 – through 6.4.116.2.0 – through 6.2.12
Fortinet FortiProxy 7.2.0 – through 7.2.17.0.0 – through 7.0.72.0.0 – through 2.0.111.2.1 – through 1.2.1301.02.001.1.4 – through 1.1.601.01.00 – through 01.01.03

Weakness: CWE-23 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:C

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