Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-36642

Medium

Published: 13 September 2023

Published
13 September 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0011 29.6th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-36642 is a medium-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability in Fortinet Fortitester. Its CVSS base score is 6.7 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 29.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command vulnerability [CWE-78] in the management interface of FortiTester 3.0.0 through 7.2.3 may allow an authenticated attacker to execute unauthorized commands via specifically crafted arguments to existing commands.

CWE(s)
CWE-77CWE-78

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

fortinet
fortitester
3.0.0 — 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.

SC-27 Platform-independent Applications
addresses: CWE-78

Platform-independent apps typically execute inside a managed runtime or sandbox that restricts direct OS command execution, reducing the ability to exploit OS command injection.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-78

Validates inputs to block special elements that would alter OS command execution.

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