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CVE-2023-36634: fortinet fortiap-u External Control of File Name or Path

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighModified
Published 13-09-2023Last modified 24-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-36634 is a high (CVSS 8.8) External Control of File Name or Path vulnerability in fortinet fortiap-u. EPSS estimates a 0.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.63%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 13-09-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 24-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An incomplete filtering of one or more instances of special elements vulnerability [CWE-792] in the command line interpreter of FortiAP-U 7.0.0, 6.2.0 through 6.2.5, 6.0 all versions, 5.4 all versions may allow an authenticated attacker to list and delete arbitrary files and directory via specially crafted command arguments.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.63%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

49%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.63% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.63%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Fortinet1 product
  • fortiap-u≥ 5.4.3, ≤ 5.4.6 | 5.4.0 | ≥ 5.4.0, ≤ 5.4.6 | ≥ 6.0.0, ≤ 6.0.4 | ≥ 6.2.0, ≤ 6.2.5 | 7.0.0

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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