PT-2023-1534 · Fortinet · Fortiweb

Published 2023-02-16 · Updated 2023-02-28 · CVE-2023-23778

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FortiWeb versions 7.0.1 and below FortiWeb versions 6.4 and below FortiWeb versions 6.3 and below FortiWeb versions 6.2 and below

Description The issue is related to incorrect restriction of a directory path name with limited access in the FortiWeb web application firewall. Exploitation of this issue may allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to protected information using a specially crafted HTTP request. This is a relative path traversal issue that may allow an authenticated user to obtain unauthorized access to files and data via specifically crafted web requests.

Recommendations For FortiWeb versions 7.0.1 and below, update to a version above 7.0.1 to resolve the issue. For FortiWeb versions 6.4 and below, update to a version above 6.4 to resolve the issue. For FortiWeb versions 6.3 and below, update to a version above 6.3 to resolve the issue. For FortiWeb versions 6.2 and below, update to a version above 6.2 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Relative Path Traversal

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-23

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-00978

CVE-2023-23778

Affected Products

Fortiweb

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23778 · Security Note
• https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-142 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-23778 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-00978 · Security Note