Security News > 2023 > February > Fortinet fixes critical RCE flaws in FortiNAC and FortiWeb
Cybersecurity solutions company Fortinet has released security updates for its FortiNAC and FortiWeb products, addressing two critical-severity vulnerabilities that may allow unauthenticated attackers to perform arbitrary code or command execution.
FortiNAC is a network access control solution that helps organizations gain real-time network visibility, enforce security policies, and detect and mitigate threats.
"An external control of file name or path vulnerability [CWE-73] in FortiNAC webserver may allow an unauthenticated attacker to perform arbitrary write on the system," reads the security advisory.
The CVE-2022-39952 vulnerability is fixed in FortiNAC 9.4.1 and later, 9.2.6 and later, 9.1.8 and later, and 7.2.0 and later.
The second vulnerability impacts FortiWeb is CVE-2021-42756, which has a CVSS v3 score of 9.3.
To address the flaw, admins should upgrade to FortiWeb 7.0.0 or later, 6.3.17 or later, 6.2.7 or later, 6.1.3 or later, and 6.0.8 or later.
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Related Vulnerability
| DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-02-16 | CVE-2022-39952 | Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere vulnerability in Fortinet Fortinac A external control of file name or path in Fortinet FortiNAC versions 9.4.0, 9.2.0 through 9.2.5, 9.1.0 through 9.1.7, 8.8.0 through 8.8.11, 8.7.0 through 8.7.6, 8.6.0 through 8.6.5, 8.5.0 through 8.5.4, 8.3.7 may allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via specifically crafted HTTP request. | 9.8 |
| 2023-02-16 | CVE-2021-42756 | Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiweb Multiple stack-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities [CWE-121] in the proxy daemon of FortiWeb 5.x all versions, 6.0.7 and below, 6.1.2 and below, 6.2.6 and below, 6.3.16 and below, 6.4 all versions may allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution via specifically crafted HTTP requests. | 9.8 |