Arbitrary file writes and folder deletion via traversal
Published Jan 14, 2025 · Updated Jul 8, 2026
Path traversal in Fortinet FortiManager, FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiManager Cloud allows remote attackers to write files or delete folders. The Security Fabric interface accepts attacker-controlled pathnames without confining resolution to an authorized directory; Fortinet has not named the affected routine. File writes require authenticated access to that interface and port, while an unauthenticated request can delete an arbitrary folder.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in Fortinet FortiManager, FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiManager Cloud allows remote attackers to write files or delete folders. The Security Fabric interface accepts attacker-controlled pathnames without confining resolution to an authorized directory; Fortinet has not named the affected routine. File writes require authenticated access to that interface and port, while an unauthenticated request can delete an arbitrary folder.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-48884
- Published
- Jan 14, 2025
- Updated
- Jul 8, 2026
- Vendor
- Fortinet
- Product
- FortiManager
- Classifications
- CWE-22, T1070.004, T1222
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 14, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=7.4.1 <=7.4.3
- Affected versionversion=7.6.0 <=7.6.1
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