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CVE-2023-34990 (GCVE-0-2023-34990)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-18 12:44 – Updated: 2024-12-20 04:55
VLAI
Summary
A relative path traversal in Fortinet FortiWLM version 8.6.0 through 8.6.5 and 8.5.0 through 8.5.4 allows attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via specially crafted web requests.
Severity
9.6 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:X/RC:X
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-12-19 00:00 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-23 - Execute unauthorized code or commands
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Fortinet FortiWLM Affected: 8.6.0 , ≤ 8.6.5 (semver)
Affected: 8.5.0 , ≤ 8.5.4 (semver)
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