PT-2025-14468 · Fortinet · Fortisiem

Published 2023-10-11 · Updated 2025-07-15 · CVE-2023-40714

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.9

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Fortinet FortiSIEM versions 6.5.0 through 6.5.1, 6.6.0 through 6.6.3, 6.7.0 through 6.7.2, 7.0.0

Description A relative path traversal issue allows an attacker to escalate privileges via uploading certain GUI elements. This issue can be exploited to gain super-admin privileges.

Recommendations For versions 6.5.0 through 6.5.1, update to version 6.5.2 or later. For versions 6.6.0 through 6.6.3, update to version 6.6.4 or later. For versions 6.7.0 through 6.7.2, update to version 6.7.4 or later. For version 7.0.0, update to version 7.0.1 or later. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the GUI elements that can be uploaded to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

LPE

Relative Path Traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-23

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-03988

CVE-2023-40714

Affected Products

Fortisiem

References · 12

• https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-085 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-03988 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-40714 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40714 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/117308 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1909199550234919169 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvetracker/20559 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/WolfgangSesin/status/1907367137640894654 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1907551265783189891 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/21852 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/RedTeamNewsBlog/status/1907383446684471794 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/129093 · Telegram Post