Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-42476

High

Published: 07 March 2023

Published
07 March 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0008 23.9th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-42476 is a high-severity Relative Path Traversal (CWE-23) vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiproxy. Its CVSS base score is 8.2 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 23.9th 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 7.2.2, 7.0.0 through 7.0.8 and before 6.4.11, FortiProxy version 7.2.0 through 7.2.2 and 7.0.0 through 7.0.8 allows privileged VDOM administrators to escalate their privileges to super admin of…

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the box via crafted CLI 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 · 1.1.0 — 1.1.6 · 1.2.0 — 1.2.13 · 2.0.0 — 2.0.11
fortinet
fortios
6.2.0 — 6.2.12 · 6.4.0 — 6.4.11 · 7.0.0 — 7.0.8

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