FortiWAN 5.2.0-5.2.1/5.1.1-5.1.2: Improper Auth (JWT) Privilege Escalation
CVE-2023-44252 Published on December 13, 2023
** 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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-44252 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is an authentification Vulnerability?
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the software does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
CVE-2023-44252 has been classified to as an authentification vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-44252
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Affected Versions
Fortinet FortiWAN:- Version 5.2.0, <= 5.2.1 is affected.
- Version 5.1.1, <= 5.1.2 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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