CVE-2023-41841 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An improper authorization vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.0.0 - 7.0.11 and 7.2.0 - 7.2.4 allows an attacker belonging to the prof-admin profile to perform elevated actions.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00187.

Exploitation None

Automatable No

Technical Impact Total

Vendors	Products
Fortinet Subscribe	Fortios Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios::::::::

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-46332	An improper authorization vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.0.0 - 7.0.11 and 7.2.0 - 7.2.4 allows an attacker belonging to the prof-admin profile to perform elevated actions.

Fixes

Solution

Please upgrade to FortiOS version 7.4.0 or above Please upgrade to FortiOS version 7.2.5 or above Please upgrade to FortiOS version 7.0.12 or above

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-318

History

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'No', 'Exploitation': 'None', 'Technical Impact': 'Total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: fortinet

Published: 2023-10-10T16:49:35.723Z

Updated: 2025-12-16T18:23:22.710Z

Reserved: 2023-09-04T08:12:52.814Z

Link: CVE-2023-41841

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:09:49.422Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-10T17:15:12.813

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:21:46.777

Link: CVE-2023-41841

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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