Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-44256

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 20 October 2023

Published
20 October 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0055 68.5th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-44256 is a medium-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Fortinet Fortianalyzer. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 31.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A server-side request forgery vulnerability [CWE-918] in Fortinet FortiAnalyzer version 7.4.0, version 7.2.0 through 7.2.3 and before 7.0.8 and FortiManager version 7.4.0, version 7.2.0 through 7.2.3 and before 7.0.8 allows a remote attacker with low privileges to view sensitive data…

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from internal servers or perform a local port scan via a crafted HTTP request.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

fortinet
fortianalyzer
7.4.0 · 6.4.8 — 6.4.13 · 7.0.2 — 7.0.8 · 7.2.0 — 7.2.3
fortinet
fortimanager
7.4.0 · 7.0.0 — 7.0.8 · 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-22 CWE-918

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

addresses: CWE-918

Penetration testing attempts server-side requests to internal resources, identifying SSRF weaknesses for remediation.

addresses: CWE-918

Outbound connections to external resources can be monitored and limited at the boundary, reducing SSRF impact.

addresses: CWE-918

Detects server-side request forgery through monitoring of unexpected outbound connections.

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