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    CVE-2018-13379

    An Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ("Path Traversal") in Fortinet FortiOS 6.0.0 to 6.0.4, 5.6.3 to 5.6.7 and 5.4.6 to 5.4.12 and FortiProxy 2.0.0, 1.2.0 to 1.2.8, 1.1.0 to 1.1.6, 1.0.0 to 1.0.7 under SSL VPN web portal allows an unauthenticated attacker to download system files via special crafted HTTP resource requests.

    Published:Jun 4, 2019
    Last Modified:Oct 24, 2025
    EPS:Jun 4, 2019
    EPSS Score:0.94475
    CVSS Score:9.1

    CISA Notification

    Description

    An Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ("Path Traversal") in Fortinet FortiOS 6.0.0 to 6.0.4, 5.6.3 to 5.6.7 and 5.4.6 to 5.4.12 and FortiProxy 2.0.0, 1.2.0 to 1.2.8, 1.1.0 to 1.1.6, 1.0.0 to 1.0.7 under SSL VPN web portal allows an unauthenticated attacker to download system files via special crafted HTTP resource requests.

    Required Action:

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

    Notes:

    No extra notes provided.

    Due Date
    May 3, 2022
    1592 days ago
    Alert Date
    Nov 3, 2021
    1773 days ago

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Fortinet
    Product
    Fortios
    Vendor
    Fortinet
    Product
    Fortiproxy

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47288https://github.com/0xHunter/FortiOS-Credentials-Disclosurehttps://github.com/B1anda0/CVE-2018-13379https://github.com/Blazz3/cve2018-13379-nmap-scripthttps://github.com/Instructor-Admin/Multi-threaded-mass-exploiter-CVE-2018-13379-POChttps://github.com/jpiechowka/at-doom-fortigatehttps://github.com/k4nfr3/CVE-2018-13379-Fortinethttps://github.com/kh4sh3i/CVE-2018-13379https://github.com/milo2012/CVE-2018-13379https://github.com/nivdolgin/CVE-2018-13379https://github.com/pwn3z/CVE-2018-13379-FortinetVPNhttps://github.com/Vampsecure-Labs/vamp-forticheckhttps://github.com/yukar1z0e/CVE-2018-13379https://github.com/Zeop-CyberSec/fortios_vpnssl_traversal_leakhttps://github.com/Zierax/CVE-2018-13379https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47287

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    High
    Availability
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