CVE-2023-42787

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-10-10 · updated 2026-08-12
Weakness: CWE-602

Description

A client-side enforcement of server-side security [CWE-602] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiManager version 7.4.0 and before 7.2.3 and FortiAnalyzer version 7.4.0 and before 7.2.3 may allow a remote attacker with low privileges to access a privileged web console via client side code execution.

Affected products

Fortinet FortiAnalyzer: from 6.2.0 through 6.2.12; from 6.4.0 through 6.4.13; from 7.0.0 through 7.0.9; from 7.2.0 through 7.2.3; 7.4.0
Fortinet FortiManager: from 6.2.0 through 6.2.12; from 6.4.0 through 6.4.13; from 7.0.0 through 7.0.9; from 7.2.0 through 7.2.3; 7.4.0

References

https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-187
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-187
https://github.com/orangecertcc/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-q5pq-8666-j8fr

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