Arbitrary file listing and deletion 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-U may allow an authenticated attacker to list and delete arbitrary files and directory via specially crafted command arguments.

Version Affected Solution
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

Acknowledgement

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

Timeline

2023-09-01: Initial publication