CVE-2022-38378
MEDIUMFortinet FortiOS <7.2.0-7.0.7 - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
An improper privilege management vulnerability [CWE-269] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 and before 7.0.7 and FortiProxy version 7.2.0 through 7.2.1 and before 7.0.7 allows an attacker that has access to the admin profile section (System subsection Administrator Users) to modify their own profile and upgrade their privileges to Read Write via CLI or GUI commands.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-346
Scores
CVSS v3
4.2
EPSS
0.0005
EPSS Percentile
16.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-269
Status
published
Products (2)
fortinet/fortios
6.0.0 - 7.0.8
fortinet/fortiproxy
1.1.0 - 2.0.9
Published
Feb 16, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026