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Fortinet Fortigate Path traversal vulnerability in administrative interface (FG-IR-22-393)

low Nessus Plugin ID 177121

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Synopsis

Fortinet Firewall is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The version of Fortigate installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FG-IR-22-393 advisory.

 - A relative path traversal vulnerability [CWE-23] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, version 7.0.0 through 7.0.9 and before 6.4.12, FortiProxy version 7.2.0 through 7.2.1 and 7.0.0 through 7.0.7, FortiSwitchManager version 7.2.0 through 7.2.1 and before 7.0.1 allows an privileged attacker to delete arbitrary directories from the filesystem through crafted HTTP requests. (CVE-2022-42474)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Please upgrade to FortiOS version 6.4.13/7.0.10/7.2.4/7.4.0 or later.

See Also

https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-393

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 177121

File Name: fortigate_FG-IR-22-393.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Family: Firewalls

Published: 6/12/2023

Updated: 10/29/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-42474

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.7

Temporal Score: 2.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fortinet:fortios

Required KB Items: Host/Fortigate/model, Host/Fortigate/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-42474

IAVA: 2023-A-0281-S