High severity · published Feb 15, 2024
CVE-2023-45581
An improper privilege management vulnerability [CWE-269] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientEMS 7.2.0 through 7.2.2, FortiClientEMS 7.0.6 through 7.0.10, FortiClientEMS 7.0.0…
7.2
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An improper privilege management vulnerability [CWE-269] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientEMS 7.2.0 through 7.2.2, FortiClientEMS 7.0.6 through 7.0.10, FortiClientEMS 7.0.0 through 7.0.4, FortiClientEMS 6.4 all versions, FortiClientEMS 06.02 all versions, FortiClientEMS 6.2 all versions allows an Site administrator with Super Admin privileges to perform global administrative operations affecting other sites via crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 59% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
FortiClientEMS · Fortinet
7.2.0 through 7.2.2; 7.0.6 through 7.0.10; 7.0.0 through 7.0.4; 6.4.7 through 6.4.9; 6.4.0 through 6.4.4; 6.2.6 through 6.2.9; +2 more · source: vendor
FE
Forticlient Enterprise Management Server · Fortinet
before 7.0.10; 7.2.0 through 7.2.2 · source: NVD, CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45581
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-45581
Vendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-357
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