Vulnerability record

CVE-2018-13382

Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy Improper Authorization

Severity: HighExploitation: Exploitation confirmedCISA KEV Used by ransomware
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run FortiOS and FortiProxy, fix it now.

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Jul 10, 2022.

Patch status

No official fix confirmed yet

Until a fix ships, follow the vendor's mitigations and CISA's required action, limit exposure of affected systems, and watch this record for a patch.

Description

An Improper Authorization vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 6.0.0 to 6.0.4, 5.6.0 to 5.6.8 and 5.4.1 to 5.4.10 and FortiProxy 2.0.0, 1.2.0 to 1.2.8, 1.1.0 to 1.1.6, 1.0.0 to 1.0.7 under SSL VPN web portal allows an unauthenticated attacker to modify the password of an SSL VPN web portal user via specially crafted HTTP requests

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

Products affected by this vulnerability, with versions and the source of each entry
ProductVendorAffected versionsFixed inSource
FortiGate / FortiOSFortinet< 1.2.9; 2.0.0; >= 5.4.1, < 5.4.11; >= 5.6.0, < 5.6.9; >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.51.2.9; 5.4.11; 5.6.9; 6.0.5NVD
FortiOS and FortiProxyFortinet——KEV

Sources: NVD = NIST National Vulnerability Database; KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2018-13382 scored CVSS 7.5: Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy, Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy Improper Authorization

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild and known to be used in ransomware campaigns. Unpatched FortiOS and FortiProxy systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

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References

  • nvd.nist.gov https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13382
  • fortiguard.com https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-18-389
  • fortiguard.com https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-20-231
  • cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-13382