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CVE-2023-40721

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-134 Format String Vulnerability
Publication date:
11/02/2025
Last modified:
14/01/2026

Description

A use of externally-controlled format string vulnerability [CWE-134] vulnerability in Fortinet allows a privileged attacker to execute arbitrary code or commands via specially crafted requests.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.70 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
6.70
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.2.0 (including) 7.0.14 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 7.2.0 (including) 7.2.7 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:7.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiswitchmanager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 7.0.0 (including) 7.0.3 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiswitchmanager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 7.2.0 (including) 7.2.3 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.2.0 (including) 7.0.15 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 7.2.0 (including) 7.2.8 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:7.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortipam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.0.0 (including) 1.2.0 (excluding)

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