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Fortinet FortiClient EMS < 7.4.3 Path Traversal (FG-IR-24-552)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 236970

Synopsis

The remote host is missing a security update.

Description

A Relative Path Traversal vulnerability [CWE-23] in FortiClientEMS 7.4.0 through 7.4.1 and FortiClientEMS Cloud 7.4.0 through 7.4.1 may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to perform a limited arbitrary file write on the system via upload requests.

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

Solution

Upgrade to Fortinet FortiClient EMS version 7.4.3 or later.

See Also

https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-552

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 236970

File Name: fortinet_forticlient_ems_FG-IR-24-552.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 5/20/2025

Updated: 5/20/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-22859

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:fortinet:forticlient_enterprise_management_server

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Fortinet FortiClient EMS

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/13/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-22859

IAVA: 2025-A-0253