What is CVE-2024-23663?

CVE-2024-23663 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiextender, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2024-07-09.

How severe is CVE-2024-23663?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-23663 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiextender

CVE-2024-23663

An improper access control in Fortinet FortiExtender 4.1.1 - 4.1.9, 4.2.0 - 4.2.6, 5.3.2, 7.0.0 - 7.0.4, 7.2.0 - 7.2.4 and 7.4.0 - 7.4.2 allows an attacker to create users with elevated privileges via a crafted HTTP request.

EPSS: 0.007 (72.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:X/RC:X.

Affected products

Fortinet Fortiextender — versions 7.4.0, 7.2.0, 7.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Farrhouq/Inpt-report

References

https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-459

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-23663?: CVE-2024-23663 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiextender, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2024-07-09.
How severe is CVE-2024-23663?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-23663 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.