CVE-2023-36556 (GCVE-0-2023-36556)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-10 16:49 – Updated: 2025-12-16 18:23
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Summary
An incorrect authorization vulnerability [CWE-863] in FortiMail webmail version 7.2.0 through 7.2.2, version 7.0.0 through 7.0.5 and below 6.4.7 allows an authenticated attacker to login on other users accounts from the same web domain via crafted HTTP or HTTPs requests.
Severity ?
8.6 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:X/RC:C
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Escalation of privilege
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Fortinet FortiMail Affected: 7.2.0 , ≤ 7.2.2 (semver)
Affected: 7.0.0 , ≤ 7.0.5 (semver)
Affected: 6.4.0 , ≤ 6.4.7 (semver)
Affected: 6.2.0 , ≤ 6.2.9 (semver)
Affected: 6.0.0 , ≤ 6.0.12 (semver)
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