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CVE-2023-45581

HIGH
7.2
CVSS Score
Published: February 15, 2024 at 01:59 PM UTC
Updated: October 22, 2026 at 02:17 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorForticlient Enterprise Management ServerFortiClientEMS

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Severity
HIGH7.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

An improper privilege management vulnerability [CWE-269] in Fortinet FortiClientEMS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.2 and before 7.0.10 allows an Site administrator with Super Admin privileges to perform global administrative operations affecting other sites via crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests.

Affected

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

Forticlient Enterprise Management Server· Fortinet
95%
v < 7.0.107.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.2.26.2.06.4.07.0.07.0.67.2.0
Affected range stops below 6.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 6.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 7.0.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
FortiClientEMS· Fortinet
90%
6.2.06.2.66.4.06.4.77.0.07.0.67.2.0

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-23-357

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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

CVSS

7.2HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269NVD-CWE-noinfo

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