Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in FortiAnalyzer and FortiManager - CVE-2023-44256
Published: October 12, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU81963
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-44256
CWE-ID: CWE-918
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in fortiview top threats report generation feature. A remote user can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.
Affected software
FortiAnalyzer
FortiManager
FortiManager
How to mitigate CVE-2023-44256
Install updates from vendor's website.
FortiAnalyzer - addressed in versions 7.0.9, 7.2.4, 7.4.1
FortiManager - addressed in versions 7.0.9, 7.2.4, 7.4.1
FortiManager - addressed in versions 7.0.9, 7.2.4, 7.4.1