# CVE-2023-45581: An improper privilege management vulnerability \[CWE-269\] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientEMS 7.2.0 through 7.2.2, FortiClientEMS 7.0.6

- Severity: CVSS 7.9 (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:U
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-02-15 · Updated: 2026-10-22

## Affected

- Fortinet FortiClientEMS: from 7.2.0, through 7.2.2; from 7.0.6, through 7.0.10; from 7.0.0, through 7.0.4; from 6.4.7, through 6.4.9; from 6.4.0, through 6.4.4; from 6.2.6, through 6.2.9; from 6.2.3, through 6.2.4; from 06.02.00, through 06.02.02

## Description

An improper privilege management vulnerability [CWE-269] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientEMS 7.2.0 through 7.2.2, FortiClientEMS 7.0.6 through 7.0.10, FortiClientEMS 7.0.0 through 7.0.4, FortiClientEMS 6.4 all versions, FortiClientEMS 06.02 all versions, FortiClientEMS 6.2 all versions allows an Site administrator with Super Admin privileges to perform global administrative operations affecting other sites via crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests.

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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-23-357

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