Authenticated command execution via unsafe wordexp expansion
Published Oct 10, 2023 · Updated Dec 16, 2025
OS command injection in Fortinet appliance management interfaces allows local users to execute arbitrary shell commands. The interface passes attacker-controlled system-settings input to wordexp without neutralizing shell metacharacters, causing expansion in the underlying shell. Exploitation requires authenticated access with at least READ permission on system settings and grants full command execution on the appliance.
Summary
What happened
OS command injection in Fortinet appliance management interfaces allows local users to execute arbitrary shell commands. The interface passes attacker-controlled system-settings input to wordexp without neutralizing shell metacharacters, causing expansion in the underlying shell. Exploitation requires authenticated access with at least READ permission on system settings and grants full command execution on the appliance.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-25607
- Published
- Oct 10, 2023
- Updated
- Dec 16, 2025
- Vendor
- Fortinet
- Product
- FortiManager
- Classifications
- CWE-78, T1059
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 10, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Dec 16, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=6.0.0 <=6.0.12
- Affected versionversion=6.2.0 <=6.2.12
- Affected versionversion=6.4.0 <=6.4.11
- Affected versionversion=7.0.0 <=7.0.7
- Affected versionversion=7.2.0 <=7.2.2
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