CVE-2023-36634

⚠️ high

Summary

An incomplete filtering of one or more instances of special elements vulnerability [CWE-792] in the command line interpreter of FortiAP-U 7.0.0, 6.2.0 through 6.2.5, 6.0 all versions, 5.4 all versions may allow an authenticated attacker to list and delete arbitrary files and directory via specially crafted command arguments.

CVSS Score

7.1

High

EPSS Score

0.1

Exploit Probability

Published Date

2023-09-13

First Seen: 2026-01-05

📊 Relative Risk Intelligence

This CVE is Moderate Risk - more severe than 53.3% of all 328,009 vulnerabilities in our database.

#153,061

Above average severity

Severity Percentile

🎯 CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: Sep 24, 2024

🔍 Exploitation Status

None

No known exploits

⚙️ Automatable

Requires human interaction

💥 Technical Impact

Partial

Limited system impact

SSVC data provided by CISA

Last Modified 2024-11-21

Source NVD 🔗

CVSS Vector 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

CWE IDs (Weakness Types)

CWE-73

📦 Affected Products 4

Vendor	Product	Status	Affected Versions
fortinet	fortiap-u	Affected	≥ 5.4.0 ≤ 5.4.6
fortinet	fortiap-u	Affected	≥ 6.0.0 ≤ 6.0.4
fortinet	fortiap-u	Affected	≥ 6.2.0 ≤ 6.2.5
fortinet	fortiap-u	Affected	v7.0.0

🔗 References 1

https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-123

Vendor Advisory

🔗 Related CVEs 6

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CVE-2025-53680	🔶 medium	6.7	0.0	An improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command ("OS Command Injection") vulnerability [CWE-78] vul...	2026-05-12
CVE-2023-25608	🔶 medium	5.5	0.2	An incomplete filtering of one or more instances of special elements vulnerability [CWE-792] in the command line interpr...	2023-09-13
CVE-2022-29058	⚠️ high	7.8	0.2	An improper neutralization of special elements [CWE-89] used in an OS command vulnerability [CWE-78] in the command line...	2022-09-06
CVE-2022-30301	⚠️ high	7.8	0.1	A path traversal vulnerability [CWE-22] in FortiAP-U CLI 6.2.0 through 6.2.3, 6.0.0 through 6.0.4, 5.4.0 through 5.4.6 m...	2022-07-19
CVE-2019-15709	🔶 medium	6.5	0.6	An improper input validation in FortiAP-S/W2 6.2.0 to 6.2.2, 6.0.5 and below, FortiAP-U 6.0.1 and below CLI admin consol...	2020-06-01
CVE-2019-15708	🔶 medium	6.7	0.2	A system command injection vulnerability in the FortiAP-S/W2 6.2.1, 6.2.0, 6.0.5 and below, FortiAP 6.0.5 and below and ...	2020-03-15

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