CVE-2023-40716

7.8 highEPSS 0.2%

High (7.8) in fortinet fortitester. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command vulnerability [CWE-78] in the command line interpreter of FortiTester 2.3.0 through 7.2.3 may allow an authenticated attacker to execute unauthorized commands via specifically crafted arguments when running execute restore/backup .

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 16% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-78
Published: 2023-12-13
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

fortinet:fortitester

References

https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-345
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-345

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