CVE-2023-36633
Published: 14 November 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-36633 is a medium-severity Improper Authorization (CWE-285) vulnerability in Fortinet Fortimail. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 41.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-40577
Vulnerability details
An improper authorization vulnerability [CWE-285] in FortiMail webmail version 7.2.0 through 7.2.2 and before 7.0.5 allows an authenticated attacker to see and modify the title of address book folders of other users via crafted HTTP or HTTPs requests.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Documented procedures facilitate correct implementation and ongoing management of authorization decisions.
Establishing permitted attributes and values, plus auditing changes, ensures authorization decisions are based on correctly managed policy data.
Prevents overly permissive assignments to critical resources by limiting to task needs.
Role-based training addresses authorization requirements and checks, lowering the risk of improper authorization.
The process verifies authorization mechanisms function as intended before system approval.
Documenting access to processing and storage locations helps ensure correct authorization for information resources.
Mandates explicit authorization and approval for configuration-controlled changes with security considerations.
Evaluating change impacts helps avoid deployment of incorrect or missing authorization logic.