Fortinet Fixes Critical Flaws: Update Now or Risk Becoming a Hack Magnet!
Fortinet’s advisory on CVE-2023-34990 warns of a critical flaw in FortiWLM that could let attackers access sensitive files. This vulnerability, rated 9.6 out of 10, allows path traversal antics worthy of a hacker’s comedy club. Patch now or risk your logs being the punchline of a cybercriminal’s joke!
Hot Take:
Fortinet’s Wireless LAN Manager has more holes than a slice of Swiss cheese! With a critical flaw that could let hackers read your diary (or your log files), it’s time to patch up and move on. No one wants their network to be the party everyone crashes!
Key Points:
- Fortinet has patched a critical security flaw in FortiWLM, tracked as CVE-2023-34990 with a CVSS score of 9.6.
- The vulnerability could allow unauthenticated attackers to read sensitive files and execute unauthorized code.
- The flaw affects FortiWLM versions 8.6.0 through 8.6.5 and 8.5.0 through 8.5.4.
- Combining this flaw with another (CVE-2023-48782) could lead to remote code execution as root.
- Fortinet also addressed a related vulnerability in FortiManager, CVE-2024-48889, with a CVSS score of 7.2.
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