Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-23778

Medium

Published: 16 February 2023

Published
16 February 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0042 62.6th percentile
Risk Priority 10 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-23778 is a medium-severity Relative Path Traversal (CWE-23) vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiweb. Its CVSS base score is 4.9 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 37.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A relative path traversal vulnerability [CWE-23] in FortiWeb version 7.0.1 and below, 6.4 all versions, 6.3 all versions, 6.2 all versions may allow an authenticated user to obtain unauthorized access to files and data via specifically crafted web requests.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

fortinet
fortiweb
6.4.0, 6.4.1, 6.4.2, 7.0.0, 7.0.1 · 6.2.3 — 6.2.7 · 6.3.0 — 6.3.21

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