Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-36633

Medium

Published: 14 November 2023

Published
14 November 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0020 41.6th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

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

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

fortinet
fortimail
6.0.0 — 7.0.6 · 7.2.0 — 7.2.3

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-285 CWE-732

Documented procedures facilitate correct implementation and ongoing management of authorization decisions.

addresses: CWE-285 CWE-732

Establishing permitted attributes and values, plus auditing changes, ensures authorization decisions are based on correctly managed policy data.

addresses: CWE-732 CWE-285

Prevents overly permissive assignments to critical resources by limiting to task needs.

addresses: CWE-285 CWE-732

Role-based training addresses authorization requirements and checks, lowering the risk of improper authorization.

addresses: CWE-285 CWE-732

The process verifies authorization mechanisms function as intended before system approval.

addresses: CWE-285 CWE-732

Documenting access to processing and storage locations helps ensure correct authorization for information resources.

addresses: CWE-285 CWE-732

Mandates explicit authorization and approval for configuration-controlled changes with security considerations.

addresses: CWE-285 CWE-732

Evaluating change impacts helps avoid deployment of incorrect or missing authorization logic.

References