Is CVE-2023-42783 being actively exploited?

CVE-2023-42783 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-42783?

CVE-2023-42783 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2023-42783

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 0.9%EU EUVD

A relative path traversal in Fortinet FortiWLM version 8.6.0 through 8.6.5 and 8.5.0 through 8.5.4 and 8.4.2 through 8.4.0 and 8.3.2 through 8.3.0 and 8.2.2 allows attacker to read arbitrary files via crafted http requests.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-23
EPSS score: 0.9% (59th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2023-47213)
Published: November 14, 2023
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2023-47213 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 30, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

fortinet / fortiwlm
fortinet / fortiwlm
fortinet / fortiwlm
fortinet / fortiwlm
fortinet / fortiwlm
fortinet / fortiwlm
fortinet / fortiwlm
fortinet / fortiwlm

Certified products that may be affected

2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

FortiWLM Wireless Manager 8.5 - Fortinet, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-11179-2021 - archived
FortiWLM-100D and FortiWLM-1000D - Fortinet, Inc. - FIPS 140 3897 - historical

References

https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-143(Vendor Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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