What is CVE-2023-44250?
An improper privilege management vulnerability [CWE-269] in a Fortinet FortiOS HA cluster version 7.4.0 through 7.4.1 and 7.2.5 and in a FortiProxy HA cluster version 7.4.0 through 7.4.1 allows an authenticated attacker to perform elevated actions via crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests.
The record classifies CVE-2023-44250 under weakness class CWE-269. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs low-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 2 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 1017 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- CVSS v3.1 base score
- 8.3 — HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:C - EPSS (FIRST)
- 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58.4% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Threadlinqs priority
- 6.5/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- Published
- 2024-01-10, last modified 2024-11-14
Is CVE-2023-44250 being exploited?
It currently carries a trending score of 20 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.
Affected products and versions
- Fortinet: FortiOS, FortiProxy
How to fix CVE-2023-44250
No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2023-44250 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2023-44250
1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2023-44250, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on .