Security Resilience

CVE-2023-48790

CSRF in Fortinet Fortindr 1.5.0 – 7.0.6

CSRF
Published
11 March 2025
Modified
22 July 2025
Patch / advisory
View advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0024 14th percentile
Risk Priority 57 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2023-48790 is a high-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in Fortinet Fortindr. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Security Account Manager (T1003.002); ranked at the 14th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SC-23 (Session Authenticity) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2023-48790 is a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, classified under CWE-352, affecting Fortinet FortiNDR in versions 7.4.0, 7.2.0 through 7.2.1, 7.1.0 through 7.1.1, and all versions before 7.0.5. The flaw enables a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute unauthorized actions by tricking users into interacting with crafted HTTP GET requests. It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating high potential impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability despite requiring user interaction and high attack complexity.

A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by crafting malicious HTTP GET requests that mimic legitimate ones, relying on a victim to access a malicious site or click a link while authenticated to the FortiNDR interface. Successful exploitation requires the user to perform the action unknowingly, potentially allowing the attacker to execute arbitrary unauthorized operations on the targeted system, such as modifying configurations or accessing sensitive data.

For mitigation details, refer to the Fortinet PSIRT advisory at https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-353, which provides guidance on patches and workarounds for affected FortiNDR versions.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A01:2025 Broken Access Control

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

A cross site request forgery vulnerability [CWE-352] in Fortinet FortiNDR version 7.4.0, 7.2.0 through 7.2.1 and 7.1.0 through 7.1.1 and before 7.0.5 may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute unauthorized actions via crafted HTTP GET requests.

CWE(s)
CWE-352

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1003.002 Security Account Manager Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to extract credential material from the Security Account Manager (SAM) database either through in-memory techniques or through the Windows Registry where the SAM database is stored.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.005 Cached Domain Credentials Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to access cached domain credentials used to allow authentication to occur in the event a domain controller is unavailable.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.007 Proc Filesystem Credential Access
Adversaries may gather credentials from the proc filesystem or `/proc`.
attack.mitre.org →
T1005 Data from Local System Collection
Adversaries may search local system sources, such as file systems, configuration files, local databases, virtual machine files, or process memory, to find files of interest and sensitive data prior to Exfiltration.
attack.mitre.org →
T1012 Query Registry Discovery
Adversaries may interact with the Windows Registry to gather information about the system, configuration, and installed software.
attack.mitre.org →
T1016.002 Wi-Fi Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may search for information about Wi-Fi networks, such as network names and passwords, on compromised systems.
attack.mitre.org →
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

fortinet
fortindr
7.4.0 · 1.5.0 — 7.0.6 · 7.1.0 — 7.1.2 · 7.2.0 — 7.2.2

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V3.3.2
  • V3.5.1
  • V10.2.1

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

AC-3 Access Enforcement partial match

Access enforcement requires verifying that state-changing requests originate from the authenticated user rather than a forged cross-site source.

SC-23 Session Authenticity partial match

Protecting session authenticity prevents attackers from replaying or forging authenticated requests via the victim's browser.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 partial match
blocks

Secure SDLC practices directly require anti-CSRF controls such as tokens or SameSite attributes.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.5.14 Information transfer partial match
removes
A.5.15 Access control partial match
removes
A.5.16 Identity management partial match
removes
A.5.17 Authentication information partial match
removes
A.5.18 Access rights partial match
removes
A.8.10 Information deletion partial match
removes

References