Read-only administrator can read or backup the system configuration

Summary

An improper authorization vulnerability [CWE-285] in FortiADC may allow a low privileged user to read or backup the full system configuration via HTTP or HTTPS requests.

Version Affected Solution
FortiADC 7.4 7.4.0 Upgrade to 7.4.1 or above
FortiADC 7.2 7.2.0 through 7.2.2 Upgrade to 7.2.3 or above
FortiADC 7.1 7.1 all versions Migrate to a fixed release
FortiADC 7.0 7.0 all versions Migrate to a fixed release
FortiADC 6.2 6.2 all versions Migrate to a fixed release
FortiADC 6.1 6.1 all versions Migrate to a fixed release
FortiADC 6.0 6.0 all versions Migrate to a fixed release

Acknowledgement

Internally discovered and reported by Yonghui Han from Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs.

Timeline

2023-12-11: Initial publication