FortiAP's - Arbitrary file read through the CLI

Summary

An incomplete filtering of one or more instances of special elements vulnerability [CWE-792] in the command line interpreter of FortiAP, FortiAP-W2, FortiAP-U, FortiAP-C may allow an authenticated attacker to read arbitrary files via specially crafted command arguments.

Version Affected Solution
FortiAP 7.2 7.2.0 through 7.2.1 Upgrade to 7.2.2 or above
FortiAP 7.0 7.0.0 through 7.0.5 Upgrade to 7.0.6 or above
FortiAP 6.4 6.4 all versions Migrate to a fixed release
FortiAP 6.0 6.0 all versions Migrate to a fixed release
FortiAP-C 5.4 5.4.0 through 5.4.4 Upgrade to 5.4.5 or above
FortiAP-C 5.2 5.2 all versions Migrate to a fixed release
FortiAP-U 7.0 7.0.0 Upgrade to 7.0.1 or above
FortiAP-U 6.2 6.2.0 through 6.2.5 Upgrade to 6.2.6 or above
FortiAP-U 6.0 6.0 all versions Migrate to a fixed release
FortiAP-U 5.4 5.4 all versions Migrate to a fixed release
FortiAP-W2 7.2 7.2.0 through 7.2.1 Upgrade to 7.2.2 or above
FortiAP-W2 7.0 7.0.3 through 7.0.5 Upgrade to 7.0.6 or above
FortiAP-W2 7.0 7.0.0 through 7.0.1 Upgrade to 7.0.6 or above
FortiAP-W2 6.4 6.4 all versions Migrate to a fixed release
FortiAP-W2 6.2 6.2 all versions Migrate to a fixed release
FortiAP-W2 6.0 6.0 all versions Migrate to a fixed release

Acknowledgement

Internally discovered and reported by Wilfried Djettchou of Fortinet Product Security team.

Timeline

2023-09-07: Initial publication