CVE-2023-45581

Published Feb 15, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 7.9 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

An improper privilege management vulnerability [CWE-269] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientEMS 7.2.0 through 7.2.2, FortiClientEMS 7.0.6 through 7.0.10, FortiClientEMS 7.0.0 through 7.0.4, FortiClientEMS 6.4 all versions, FortiClientEMS 06.02 all versions, FortiClientEMS 6.2 all versions allows an Site administrator with Super Admin privileges to perform global administrative operations affecting other sites via crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests.

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

FortiClientEMS

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`7.2.0`	affected	≤ 7.2.2
`7.0.6`	affected	≤ 7.0.10
`7.0.0`	affected	≤ 7.0.4
`6.4.7`	affected	≤ 6.4.9
`6.4.0`	affected	≤ 6.4.4
`6.2.6`	affected	≤ 6.2.9
`6.2.3`	affected	≤ 6.2.4
`06.02.00`	affected	≤ 06.02.02

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient_enterprise_management_server::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient_enterprise_management_server::::::::

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to FortiClientEMS version 7.2.3 or above Upgrade to FortiClientEMS version 7.0.11 or above

Tracking

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-49873	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.

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% (0.884% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-357

History

Oct 22, 2026 2:30 PM Affected versions updated. Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient_enterprise_management_server:6.2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient_enterprise_management_server:6.4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient_enterprise_management_server:7.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient_enterprise_management_server:7.0.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient_enterprise_management_server:7.2.0:::::::*
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Oct 22, 2026 2:00 PM Description updated. First appearance in the feed. Affected versions updated. Affected vendors updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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.	An improper privilege management vulnerability [CWE-269] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientEMS 7.2.0 through 7.2.2, FortiClientEMS 7.0.6 through 7.0.10, FortiClientEMS 7.0.0 through 7.0.4, FortiClientEMS 6.4 all versions, FortiClientEMS 06.02 all versions, FortiClientEMS 6.2 all versions allows an Site administrator with Super Admin privileges to perform global administrative operations affecting other sites via crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests.
First Time appeared		Fortinet forticlientems
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:06.02.00:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:06.02.01:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:06.02.02:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:6.2.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:6.2.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:6.2.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:6.2.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:6.2.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:6.2.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:6.4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:6.4.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:6.4.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:6.4.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:6.4.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:6.4.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:6.4.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:6.4.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.0.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.0.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.0.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.0.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.0.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.0.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.0.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.2:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Fortinet forticlientems