OS Command Injection in FortiTester - CVE-2023-36642
Published: September 27, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU81223
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-36642
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in FortiGuard explicit proxy setting within the management interface of FortiTester. A remote privileged user can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.
Affected software
FortiTester
How to mitigate CVE-2023-36642
Install updates from vendor's website.
FortiTester - update to 7.3.0