Where
AND
-Infinity
0
Severity
8.8
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:X/RC:X

An improper access control in Fortinet FortiExtender 4.1.1 - 4.1.9, 4.2.0 - 4.2.6, 5.3.2, 7.0.0 - 7.0.4, 7.2.0 - 7.2.4 and 7.4.0 - 7.4.2 allows an attacker to create users with elevated privileges via a crafted HTTP request.

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Source: MITRE

Remedy

Please upgrade to FortiExtender version 7.4.3 or above Please upgrade to FortiExtender version 7.2.5 or above Please upgrade to FortiExtender version 7.0.5 or above
First published (updated )
Severity
8.1
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:X/RC:X

An improper access control vulnerability [CWE-284] in FortiExtender authentication component may allow a remote authenticated attacker to create users with elevated privileges via a crafted HTTP request.

First published (updated )
Advisory
FG-IR-23-459

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