Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU84860

Path traversal in FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer - CVE-2023-25606

Published: December 29, 2023

Vulnerability identifier: #VU84860

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25606

CWE-ID: CWE-22

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences within the management interface in history downloadzip. A remote user can send a specially crafted HTTP request and retrieve arbitrary files from the underlying filesystem.

Affected software

FortiManager
FortiAnalyzer

How to mitigate CVE-2023-25606

Install update from vendor's website.

FortiManager - addressed in versions 6.4.12, 7.0.7, 7.2.2
FortiAnalyzer - addressed in versions 6.4.12, 7.0.7, 7.2.2

External References

https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-471

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