Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-42474

Medium

Published: 13 June 2023

Published
13 June 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0022 44.5th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-42474 is a medium-severity Relative Path Traversal (CWE-23) vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiproxy. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 44.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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…

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attacker to delete arbitrary directories from the filesystem through crafted HTTP requests.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

fortinet
fortiproxy
7.2.0, 7.2.1 · 1.0.0 — 1.0.7 · 1.1.0 — 1.1.6 · 1.2.0 — 1.2.13
fortinet
fortiswitchmanager
7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.2.0, 7.2.1
fortinet
fortios
6.2.0 — 6.2.15 · 6.4.0 — 6.4.12 · 7.0.0 — 7.0.9

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

References