CVE-2023-25608 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2023-25608

An incomplete filtering of one or more instances of special...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

FortiAP-W2, FortiAP-C, FortiAP, FortiAP-U, FortiAP-S
Vulnerable Versions:
7.2.0, 7.0.3, 7.0.0, 6.4.0, 6.2.0, 6.0.0, 5.4.0, 5.2.0, 6.4.3, 5.4.3

Timeline

Official Publish: September 13th, 2023
Last Modified: September 24th, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:U/RC:C

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-792

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.