What is CVE-2023-40716?

CVE-2023-40716 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortitester, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-12-13.

How severe is CVE-2023-40716?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-40716 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Fortinet Fortitester

CVE-2023-40716

An improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command vulnerability [CWE-78] in the command line interpreter of FortiTester 2.3.0 through 7.2.3 may allow an authenticated attacker to execute unauthorized commands via specif…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.001 (22.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:X/RC:C.

Affected products

Fortinet Fortitester — versions 7.2.0, 7.1.0, 7.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-345

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-40716?: CVE-2023-40716 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortitester, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-12-13.
How severe is CVE-2023-40716?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-40716 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.