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CVE-2023-25608

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 13, 2023 at 12:28 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:41 AM UTC
5 products affected across 1 vendorFortiAP-W2FortiAP-UFortiAP

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

An incomplete filtering of one or more instances of special elements vulnerability [CWE-792] in the command line interpreter of FortiAP-W2 7.2.0 through 7.2.1, 7.0.3 through 7.0.5, 7.0.0 through 7.0.1, 6.4 all versions, 6.2 all versions, 6.0 all versions; FortiAP-C 5.4.0 through 5.4.4, 5.2 all versions; FortiAP 7.2.0 through 7.2.1, 7.0.0 through 7.0.5, 6.4 all versions, 6.0 all versions; FortiAP-U 7.0.0, 6.2.0 through 6.2.5, 6.0 all versions, 5.4 all versions may allow an authenticated attacker to read arbitrary files via specially crafted command arguments.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

FortiAP· Fortinet
95%
6.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.0.66.0.0 ≤ v < 7.0.66.4.3 ≤ v ≤ 6.4.97.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.0.57.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.2.17.2.0 ≤ v < 7.2.26.0.06.4.37.0.07.2.0
Affected range stops below 7.0.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 7.2.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
FortiAP-C· Fortinet
95%
5.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 5.2.15.2.0 ≤ v < 5.4.55.4.0 ≤ v ≤ 5.4.45.2.05.4.0
Affected range stops below 5.4.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
FortiAP-U· Fortinet
95%
5.4.0 ≤ v < 6.2.65.4.3 ≤ v ≤ 5.4.66.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.0.46.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.2.55.4.05.4.36.0.06.2.07.0.0
Affected range stops below 6.2.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
FortiAP-W2· Fortinet
95%
6.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.0.66.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.0.16.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.2.66.4.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.4.97.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.0.17.0.3 ≤ v ≤ 7.0.57.0.3 ≤ v < 7.0.67.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.2.17.2.0 ≤ v < 7.2.26.0.06.2.06.4.07.0.07.0.37.2.0
Affected range stops below 7.0.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 7.2.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
FortiAP-S· Fortinet
60%
6.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.0.66.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.2.66.4.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.4.96.0.06.2.06.4.0

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-120

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.5MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-792NVD-CWE-Other

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