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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00884.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Fortinet FortiClientEMS unaffected
Version Status Constraints
7.2.0 affected ≤ 7.2.2
7.0.6 affected ≤ 7.0.10
7.0.0 affected ≤ 7.0.4
6.4.7 affected ≤ 6.4.9
6.4.0 affected ≤ 6.4.4
6.2.6 affected ≤ 6.2.9
6.2.3 affected ≤ 6.2.4
06.02.00 affected ≤ 06.02.02

Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient_enterprise_management_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient_enterprise_management_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-49873 An improper privilege management vulnerability [CWE-269] in Fortinet FortiClientEMS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.2 and before 7.0.10 allows an Site administrator with Super Admin privileges to perform global administrative operations affecting other sites via crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests.
Fixes

Solution

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

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-357 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient_enterprise_management_server:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient_enterprise_management_server:6.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient_enterprise_management_server:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient_enterprise_management_server:7.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient_enterprise_management_server:7.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0000

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Description An improper privilege management vulnerability [CWE-269] in Fortinet FortiClientEMS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.2 and before 7.0.10 allows an Site administrator with Super Admin privileges to perform global administrative operations affecting other sites via crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests. 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.
First Time appeared Fortinet forticlientems
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:06.02.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:06.02.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:06.02.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:6.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:6.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:6.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:6.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:6.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:6.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:6.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:6.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:6.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:6.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:6.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:6.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:6.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:6.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlientems:7.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: fortinet

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-22T13:48:34.393Z

Reserved: 2023-10-09T08:01:29.296Z

Link: CVE-2023-45581

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Updated: 2024-08-02T20:21:16.534Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-15T14:15:45.033

Modified: 2026-10-22T14:17:33.540

Link: CVE-2023-45581

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