{"id":"CVE-2022-42476","title":"A relative path traversal vulnerability [CWE-23] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.8, FortiOS 6.4.0 through 6.4.11, FortiOS 6.2.0 through 6.2.12, FortiProxy 7.2.0 through 7.2.1, FortiProxy 7…","summary":"A relative path traversal vulnerability [CWE-23] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.8, FortiOS 6.4.0 through 6.4.11, FortiOS 6.2.0 through 6.2.12, FortiProxy 7.2.0 through 7.2.1, FortiProxy 7…","severity":"high","cvss":7.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:C","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-23"],"vendor":"Fortinet","product":"FortiOS","affected":["FortiOS >= 7.2.0 <= 7.2.3","FortiOS >= 7.0.0 <= 7.0.8","FortiOS >= 6.4.0 <= 6.4.11","FortiOS >= 6.2.0 <= 6.2.12","FortiProxy >= 7.2.0 <= 7.2.1","FortiProxy >= 7.0.0 <= 7.0.7","FortiProxy >= 2.0.0 <= 2.0.11","FortiProxy >= 1.2.1 <= 1.2.13","FortiProxy 01.02.00","FortiProxy >= 1.1.4 <= 1.1.6","FortiProxy >= 01.01.00 <= 01.01.03"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2024-10-23T14:11:27.802267Z"},"published":"2023-03-07","updated":"2026-10-22","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-22T13:48:27.328Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-42476","references":[{"url":"https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-401","label":"https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-401"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.00218,"epssPercentile":0.12209,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-22T22:00:50.272Z","slug":"CVE-2022-42476","body":"## Overview\n\nA relative path traversal vulnerability [CWE-23] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.8, FortiOS 6.4.0 through 6.4.11, FortiOS 6.2.0 through 6.2.12, FortiProxy 7.2.0 through 7.2.1, FortiProxy 7.0.0 through 7.0.7, FortiProxy 2.0.0 through 2.0.11, FortiProxy 1.2 all versions, FortiProxy 01.02 all versions, FortiProxy 1.1 all versions, FortiProxy 01.01 all versions allows privileged VDOM administrators to escalate their privileges to super admin of the box via crafted CLI requests.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `FortiOS >= 7.2.0 <= 7.2.3`\n- `FortiOS >= 7.0.0 <= 7.0.8`\n- `FortiOS >= 6.4.0 <= 6.4.11`\n- `FortiOS >= 6.2.0 <= 6.2.12`\n- `FortiProxy >= 7.2.0 <= 7.2.1`\n- `FortiProxy >= 7.0.0 <= 7.0.7`\n- `FortiProxy >= 2.0.0 <= 2.0.11`\n- `FortiProxy >= 1.2.1 <= 1.2.13`\n- `FortiProxy 01.02.00`\n- `FortiProxy >= 1.1.4 <= 1.1.6`\n- `FortiProxy >= 01.01.00 <= 01.01.03`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade to FortiProxy version 7.2.2 or above\nUpgrade to FortiProxy version 7.0.8 or above\nUpgrade to FortiProxy version 2.0.12 or above\nUpgrade to FortiOS version 7.2.4 or above\nUpgrade to FortiOS version 7.0.9 or above\nUpgrade to FortiOS version 6.4.12 or above\nUpgrade to FortiOS version 6.2.13 or above","depth":"twilight","depthScore":43,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":42.9,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}