# CVE-2023-44252: \*\* UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED \*\*An improper authentication vulnerability \[CWE-287\] in Fortinet FortiWAN version 5.2.0 through 5.2.1 and versi

- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:X/RC:C
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-12-13 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- Fortinet FortiWAN: from 5.2.0, through 5.2.1; from 5.1.1, through 5.1.2

## Description

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED **An improper authentication vulnerability [CWE-287] in Fortinet FortiWAN version 5.2.0 through 5.2.1 and version 5.1.1 through 5.1.2 may allow an authenticated attacker to escalate his privileges via HTTP or HTTPs requests with crafted JWT token values.

## 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-23-061

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