CVE-2023-44252

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Published Dec 13, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 8.6 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED **An improper authentication vulnerability [CWE-287] in Fortinet FortiWAN version 5.2.0 through 5.2.1 and version 5.1.1 through 5.1.2 may allow an authenticated attacker to escalate his privileges via HTTP or HTTPs requests with crafted JWT token values.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Fortinet

FortiWAN

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`5.2.0`	affected	≤ 5.2.1
`5.1.1`	affected	≤ 5.1.2

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwan:5.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwan:5.1.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwan:5.2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwan:5.2.1:::::::*

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

This product is end of life and no longer supported. Please consider replacing with an equivalent FortiGate appliance as approriate.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-48611	UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED An improper authentication vulnerability [CWE-287] in Fortinet FortiWAN version 5.2.0 through 5.2.1 and version 5.1.1 through 5.1.2 may allow an authenticated attacker to escalate his privileges via HTTP or HTTPs requests with crafted JWT token values.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.724% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-061

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Fortinet Fortiwan

Weaknesses

CWE-287

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 7:59 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: fortinet
Published: Dec 13, 2023, 8:52 AM
Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 7:59 PM
Reserved: Sep 27, 2023, 12:26 PM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:27 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 13, 2023, 9:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:27 AM

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