CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-42753
8.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-02-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 8.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
Description
An improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability [CWE-22] in FortiWeb management interface 6.4.1 and below, 6.3.15 and below, 6.2.x, 6.1.x, 6.0.x, 5.9.x and 5.8.x may allow an authenticated attacker to perform an arbitrary file and directory deletion in the device filesystem.
Affected configurations
• fortinet fortiweb (>= 5.8.0 < 6.3.16)
• fortinet fortiweb (>= 6.4.0 < 6.4.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-21-158 Vendor Advisory
- https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-21-158 Vendor Advisory