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CVE-2022-30299

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-02-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-23

Description

A path traversal vulnerability [CWE-23] in the API of FortiWeb 7.0.0 through 7.0.1, 6.3.0 through 6.3.19, 6.4 all versions, 6.2 all versions, 6.1 all versions, 6.0 all versions may allow an authenticated attacker to retrieve specific parts of files from the underlying file system via specially crafted web requests.

Affected products

• Fortinet FortiWeb: from 6.0.0 through 6.0.8; from 6.1.0 through 6.1.3; from 6.2.0 through 6.2.7; from 6.3.0 before 6.3.20; 6.4.0, 6.4.1, 6.4.2, 7.0.0, 7.0.1 — fixed in 6.3.20

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Fortinet FortiWeb 6.3.20. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-146
• https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-146

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