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critical 9.9

CVE-2023-40714 in the critical feed json

A relative path traversal in Fortinet FortiSIEM versions 7.0.0, 6.7.0 through 6.7.2, 6.6.0 through 6.6.3, 6.5.1, 6.5.0 allows attacker to e…

published last yr. modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2023-45268

cvss
9.9
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 55%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A relative path traversal in Fortinet FortiSIEM versions 7.0.0, 6.7.0 through 6.7.2, 6.6.0 through 6.6.3, 6.5.1, 6.5.0 allows attacker to escalate privilege via uploading certain GUI elements

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-14).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:X/RC:C
CNA 3.1 9.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Fortinet FortiSIEM

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-23 Relative Path Traversal
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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