---
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'
---

## Overview

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, 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.

## 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`

## Remediation

Upgrade to FortiClientEMS version 7.2.3 or above
Upgrade to FortiClientEMS version 7.0.11 or above