High severity · published Dec 8, 2021
CVE-2021-41024
A relative path traversal [CWE-23] vulnerabiltiy in FortiOS versions 7.0.0 and 7.0.1 and FortiProxy verison 7.0.0 may allow an unauthenticated, unauthorized attacker to inject…
7.5
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A relative path traversal [CWE-23] vulnerabiltiy in FortiOS versions 7.0.0 and 7.0.1 and FortiProxy verison 7.0.0 may allow an unauthenticated, unauthorized attacker to inject path traversal character sequences to disclose sensitive information of the server via the GET request of the login page.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 76% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
FortiOS · Fortinet
7.0.0; 7.0.1 · source: NVD
FO
Fortiproxy · Fortinet
7.0.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41024
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-41024
Patch
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-181
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