What is CVE-2023-27993?

CVE-2023-27993 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiadc, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2023-05-03.

How severe is CVE-2023-27993?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Fortinet Fortiadc

CVE-2023-27993

A relative path traversal [CWE-23] in Fortinet FortiADC version 7.2.0 and before 7.1.1 allows a privileged attacker to delete arbitrary directories from the underlying file system via crafted CLI commands.

EPSS: 0.002 (13.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Fortinet Fortiadc — versions 7.2.0, 7.1.0, 7.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-23 — Relative Path Traversal
CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

psirt@fortinet.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-27993?: CVE-2023-27993 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiadc, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2023-05-03.
How severe is CVE-2023-27993?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.