CVE detail

CVE-2023-40716 — CVE-2023-40716

Published 2023-12-13 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor fortinet · Product fortitester · Source nvd

MEDIUM

severity

CVSS-derived band

6.7

CVSS v3

0–10 scale

0.0025

EPSS probability

exploitation probability, 30d

16.0%

EPSS percentile

percentile vs all CVEs

NOT LISTED

CISA KEV

known exploited catalog

Description

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 .

Remediation

No vendor-published fix data in our corpus for this CVE. Check the references below or the vendor's PSIRT / security advisories page.

References

cvedb.io · NVD · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS · vendor advisories (CVE Program List v5). Informational only, no warranty — verify every remediation against the vendor advisory before acting on it. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD, CISA, FIRST.org or any vendor named. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.