---
id: CVE-2024-21753
title: >-
  A improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path
  traversal') vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientEMS 7.2.0 through 7.2.4,
  FortiClientEMS 7.0 all versions, FortiClientEMS 6.4 all versions,
  FortiClientEMS 06.02 all ver…
summary: >-
  A improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path
  traversal') vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientEMS 7.2.0 through 7.2.4,
  FortiClientEMS 7.0 all versions, FortiClientEMS 6.4 all versions,
  FortiClientEMS 06.02 all ver…
severity: medium
cvss: 5.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H/E:H/RL:U/RC:C'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-22
vendor: Fortinet
product: FortiClientEMS
affected:
  - FortiClientEMS >= 7.2.0 <= 7.2.4
  - FortiClientEMS >= 7.0.0 <= 7.0.13
  - 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
  - FortiClientEMS 6.0.8
  - FortiClientEMS >= 06.00.00 <= 06.00.06
  - FortiClientEMS >= 01.02.02 <= 01.02.05
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2024-09-10T18:58:21.335420Z'
published: '2024-09-10'
updated: '2026-10-22'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-22T13:48:34.257Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-21753'
references:
  - url: 'https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-362'
    label: 'https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-362'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00741
epssPercentile: 0.54058
ingestedAt: '2026-10-22T22:00:50.274Z'
---

## Overview

A improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientEMS 7.2.0 through 7.2.4, FortiClientEMS 7.0 all versions, FortiClientEMS 6.4 all versions, FortiClientEMS 06.02 all versions, FortiClientEMS 6.2 all versions, FortiClientEMS 06.00 all versions, FortiClientEMS 6.0 all versions, FortiClientEMS 01.02.02 through 01.02.05 allows attacker to perform a denial of service, read or write a limited number of files via specially crafted HTTP requests

## Affected

- `FortiClientEMS >= 7.2.0 <= 7.2.4`
- `FortiClientEMS >= 7.0.0 <= 7.0.13`
- `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`
- `FortiClientEMS 6.0.8`
- `FortiClientEMS >= 06.00.00 <= 06.00.06`
- `FortiClientEMS >= 01.02.02 <= 01.02.05`

## Remediation

Upgrade to FortiClientEMS version 7.4.0 or above
Upgrade to FortiClientEMS version 7.2.5 or above