{"id":"CVE-2023-45581","title":"An improper privilege management vulnerability [CWE-269] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientEMS 7.2.0 through 7.2.2, FortiClientEMS 7.0.6 through 7.0.10, FortiClientEMS 7.0.0 through 7.0.4, FortiClientEMS 6.4 all versions, FortiClientE…","summary":"An improper privilege management vulnerability [CWE-269] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientEMS 7.2.0 through 7.2.2, FortiClientEMS 7.0.6 through 7.0.10, FortiClientEMS 7.0.0 through 7.0.4, FortiClientEMS 6.4 all versions, FortiClientE…","severity":"high","cvss":7.9,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:X/RC:U","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-269"],"vendor":"Fortinet","product":"FortiClientEMS","affected":["FortiClientEMS >= 7.2.0 <= 7.2.2","FortiClientEMS >= 7.0.6 <= 7.0.10","FortiClientEMS >= 7.0.0 <= 7.0.4","FortiClientEMS >= 6.4.7 <= 6.4.9","FortiClientEMS >= 6.4.0 <= 6.4.4","FortiClientEMS >= 6.2.6 <= 6.2.9","FortiClientEMS >= 6.2.3 <= 6.2.4","FortiClientEMS >= 06.02.00 <= 06.02.02"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2024-07-09T17:06:14.506422Z"},"published":"2024-02-15","updated":"2026-10-22","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-22T13:48:34.393Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-45581","references":[{"url":"https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-357","label":"https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-357"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.00823,"epssPercentile":0.5687,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-22T22:00:50.275Z","slug":"CVE-2023-45581","body":"## Overview\n\nAn improper privilege management vulnerability [CWE-269] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientEMS 7.2.0 through 7.2.2, FortiClientEMS 7.0.6 through 7.0.10, FortiClientEMS 7.0.0 through 7.0.4, FortiClientEMS 6.4 all versions, FortiClientEMS 06.02 all versions, FortiClientEMS 6.2 all versions allows an Site administrator with Super Admin privileges to perform global administrative operations affecting other sites via crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `FortiClientEMS >= 7.2.0 <= 7.2.2`\n- `FortiClientEMS >= 7.0.6 <= 7.0.10`\n- `FortiClientEMS >= 7.0.0 <= 7.0.4`\n- `FortiClientEMS >= 6.4.7 <= 6.4.9`\n- `FortiClientEMS >= 6.4.0 <= 6.4.4`\n- `FortiClientEMS >= 6.2.6 <= 6.2.9`\n- `FortiClientEMS >= 6.2.3 <= 6.2.4`\n- `FortiClientEMS >= 06.02.00 <= 06.02.02`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade to FortiClientEMS version 7.2.3 or above\nUpgrade to FortiClientEMS version 7.0.11 or above","depth":"twilight","depthScore":44,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":43.5,"likelihood":0.2,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}