# CVE-2023-25608: An incomplete filtering of one or more instances of special elements vulnerability \[CWE-792\] in the command line interpreter of FortiAP-W2 7

- 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: 2023-09-13 · Updated: 2024-09-24

## Affected

- Fortinet FortiAP-W2: from 7.2.0, through 7.2.1; from 7.0.3, through 7.0.5; from 7.0.0, through 7.0.1; from 6.4.0, through 6.4.9; from 6.2.0, through 6.2.6; from 6.0.0, through 6.0.6
- Fortinet FortiAP-C: from 5.4.0, through 5.4.4; from 5.2.0, through 5.2.1
- Fortinet FortiAP: from 7.2.0, through 7.2.1; from 7.0.0, through 7.0.5; from 6.4.3, through 6.4.9; from 6.0.0, through 6.0.6
- Fortinet FortiAP-U: from 6.2.0, through 6.2.5; from 6.0.0, through 6.0.4; from 5.4.3, through 5.4.6
- Fortinet FortiAP-S: from 6.4.0, through 6.4.9; from 6.2.0, through 6.2.6; from 6.0.0, through 6.0.6

## Description

An incomplete filtering of one or more instances of special elements vulnerability [CWE-792] in the command line interpreter of FortiAP-W2 7.2.0 through 7.2.1, 7.0.3 through 7.0.5, 7.0.0 through 7.0.1, 6.4 all versions, 6.2 all versions, 6.0 all versions; FortiAP-C 5.4.0 through 5.4.4, 5.2 all versions; FortiAP 7.2.0 through 7.2.1, 7.0.0 through 7.0.5, 6.4 all versions, 6.0 all versions; FortiAP-U 7.0.0, 6.2.0 through 6.2.5, 6.0 all versions, 5.4 all versions may allow an authenticated attacker 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-22-120

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