Fortinet FortiNAC RCE (FG-IR-23-074)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 177588

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Synopsis

The remote host is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability.

Description

The version of FortiNAC installed on the remote host is prior to 9.4.3. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FG-IR-23-074 advisory.

- A deserialization of untrusted data in Fortinet FortiNAC below 7.2.1, below 9.4.3, below 9.2.8 and all earlier versions of 8.x allows attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via specifically crafted request on inter-server communication port. Note FortiNAC versions 8.x will not be fixed. (CVE-2023-33299)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update FortiNAC to version 7.2.2, 9.1.10, 9.2.8, 9.4.3, or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 177588

File Name: fortinac_FG-IR-23-074.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: remote

Family: Firewalls

Published: 6/23/2023

Updated: 7/6/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-33299

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:fortinet:fortinac

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Fortinet FortiNAC

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/19/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/19/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-33299

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