CVE-2023-50176 is a high-severity session fixation vulnerability affecting Fortinet FortiOS versions 7.4.0-7.4.3, 7.2.0-7.2.7, and 7.0.0-7.0.13. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this flaw via a phishing SAML authentication link to execute unauthorized code or commands, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness. Its CVSS score is 8.8 (HIGH), and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 7.0.0, <= 7.0.13CPE match | cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.2.0, <= 7.2.7CPE match | cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.4.0, <= 7.4.3CPE match | cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.2.0, < 7.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fortinet:fortios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.