CVE-2024-32115: fortinet fortimanager Relative Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-32115 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Relative Path Traversal vulnerability in fortinet fortimanager. EPSS estimates a 1.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 14-01-2025
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 18-02-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A relative path traversal vulnerability [CWE-23] in Fortinet FortiManager version 7.4.0 through 7.4.2 and before 7.2.5 allows a privileged attacker to delete files from the underlying filesystem via crafted HTTP or HTTPs requests.

• CWE-23Relative Path TraversalThe product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.
• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.