CVE-2022-23447An improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability [CWE-22] in FortiExtender management…
- 7.3HighCVSS base score
- 0.80%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 43% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
An improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability [CWE-22] in FortiExtender management interface 7.0.0 through 7.0.3, 4.2.0 through 4.2.4, 4.1.1 through 4.1.8, 4.0.0 through 4.0.2, 3.3.0 through 3.3.2, 3.2.1 through 3.2.3, 5.3 all versions may allow an unauthenticated and remote attacker to retrieve arbitrary files from the underlying filesystem via specially crafted web requests.
Timeline
ID reserved
By fortinet
- 18 months later
· 18 months later
Published
- 16 months later
· 16 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| fortinetCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:F/RL:U/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.80% · top 43% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.3.
Affected products
- affected 7.0.0 – ≤ 7.0.3
- affected 5.3.2
- affected 4.2.0 – ≤ 4.2.4
- affected 4.1.1 – ≤ 4.1.8
- affected 4.0.0 – ≤ 4.0.2
- affected 3.3.0 – ≤ 3.3.2
- affected 3.2.1 – ≤ 3.2.3
What to do
Solution: Please upgrade to FortiExtender version 7.2.0 or above Please upgrade to FortiExtender version 7.0.4 or above Please upgrade to FortiExtender version 4.2.5 or above Please upgrade to FortiExtender version 4.1.9 or above Please upgrade to FortiExtender version 4.0.3 or above Please upgrade to FortiExtender version 3.3.3 or above Please upgrade to FortiExtender version 3.2.4 or above
References
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Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-28522 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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