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CVE-2022-38375 (GCVE-0-2022-38375)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-16 18:06 – Updated: 2024-10-23 14:46
VLAI
Summary
An improper authorization vulnerability [CWE-285]  in Fortinet FortiNAC version 9.4.0 through 9.4.1 and before 9.2.6 allows an unauthenticated user to perform some administrative operations over the FortiNAC instance via crafted HTTP POST requests.
Severity
8.6 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:U/RC:C
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-23 14:15 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-285 - Execute unauthorized code or commands
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Fortinet FortiNAC Affected: 9.4.0 , ≤ 9.4.1 (semver)
Affected: 9.2.0 , ≤ 9.2.6 (semver)
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