# CVE-2022-38378: An improper privilege management vulnerability \[CWE-269\] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 and before 7.0.7 and FortiProxy version 7.2.0 thr

- Severity: CVSS 4.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-02-16 · Updated: 2024-10-22

## Affected

- Fortinet FortiOS: from 7.0.0, through 7.0.7; from 6.4.0, through 6.4.11; from 6.2.0, through 6.2.12; from 6.0.0, through 6.0.16
- Fortinet FortiProxy: from 7.2.0, through 7.2.1; from 7.0.0, through 7.0.7; from 2.0.0, through 2.0.11; from 1.2.0, through 1.2.13; from 1.1.0, through 1.1.6

## Description

An improper privilege management vulnerability [CWE-269] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 and before 7.0.7 and FortiProxy version 7.2.0 through 7.2.1 and before 7.0.7 allows an attacker that has access to the admin profile section (System subsection Administrator Users) to modify their own profile and upgrade their privileges to Read Write via CLI or GUI commands.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Fortinet, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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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-22-346

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