CVE-2022-42476: relative path traversal vulnerability [CWE-23] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.8, FortiOS 6.4.0 through 6.4.11, FortiOS 6.2.0 through 6.2.12, FortiProxy 7.2.0 through 7.2.1, FortiProxy 7.0.0 through 7.0.7, FortiProxy 2.0.0 through 2.0.11, FortiProxy 1.2 all versions, FortiProxy 01.02 all versions, FortiProxy 1.1 all versions, FortiProxy 01.01 all versions allows privileged VDOM administrators to escalate their privileges to super admin of the box via crafted CLI requests
This Fortinet advisory covers CVE-2022-42476 in FortiOS and FortiProxy.
- CVE-2022-42476
Key facts
- Vendor rating
- High, CVSS 8.2
- CISA KEV
- Not listed (catalogue checked )
- Affected
- FortiOS: 6.2.0 through 7.2.3 (vendor-listed versions); FortiProxy: 1.1.0 through 7.2.1 (vendor-listed versions)
- Source published
- Source revised
- Listed by VulniPulse
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Affected products & platforms
Description
A relative path traversal vulnerability [CWE-23] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.8, FortiOS 6.4.0 through 6.4.11, FortiOS 6.2.0 through 6.2.12, FortiProxy 7.2.0 through 7.2.1, FortiProxy 7.0.0 through 7.0.7, FortiProxy 2.0.0 through 2.0.11, FortiProxy 1.2 all versions, FortiProxy 01.02 all versions, FortiProxy 1.1 all versions, FortiProxy 01.01 all versions allows privileged VDOM administrators to escalate their privileges to super admin of the box via crafted CLI requests.
Text from the source record.
- FortiOS: 6.2.0 through 7.2.3 (vendor-listed versions)
- FortiProxy: 1.1.0 through 7.2.1 (vendor-listed versions)
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