# CVE-2022-22297: An incomplete filtering of one or more instances of special elements vulnerability \[CWE-792\] in the command line interpreter of FortiWeb ver

- Severity: CVSS 5.2 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:U/RC:C
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-03-07 · Updated: 2024-10-22

## Affected

- Fortinet FortiRecorder: from 6.4.0, through 6.4.3; from 6.0.0, through 6.0.12; from 2.7.0, through 2.7.7
- Fortinet FortiWeb: from 6.4.0, through 6.4.1; from 6.3.0, through 6.3.17; from 6.2.0, through 6.2.7; from 6.1.0, through 6.1.3; from 6.0.0, through 6.0.8

## Description

An incomplete filtering of one or more instances of special elements vulnerability [CWE-792] in the command line interpreter of FortiWeb version 6.4.0 through 6.4.1, FortiWeb version 6.3.0 through 6.3.17, FortiWeb all versions 6.2, FortiWeb all versions 6.1, FortiWeb all versions 6.0, FortiRecorder version 6.4.0 through 6.4.3, FortiRecorder all versions 6.0, FortiRecorder all versions 2.7 may allow an authenticated user to read arbitrary files via specially crafted command arguments.

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## Related

- Browse: [Fortinet](https://cve.now/tech/fortinet.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-21-218

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