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CVE-2022-40684

critical · 9.8Actively exploited

On the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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Added 2022-10-11Remediation due 2022-11-01

A public exploit / detection template exists

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An authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel [CWE-288] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.1 and 7.0.0 through 7.0.6, FortiProxy version 7.2.0 and version 7.0.0 through 7.0.6 and FortiSwitchManager version 7.2.0 and 7.0.0 allows an unauthenticated atttacker to perform operations on the administrative interface via specially crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests.

9.8
CVSS
100.0%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
100th
EPSS percentile
2022-10-18
Published

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-287

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
fortinetfortiproxy>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.7
fortinetfortiproxy7.2.0
fortinetfortiswitchmanager7.0.0
fortinetfortiswitchmanager7.2.0
fortinetfortios>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.7
fortinetfortios>= 7.2.0, < 7.2.2

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References

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