CVE-2023-40714

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.74% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 54.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2025-04-02 08:06Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-04-02 16:16Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2023-08-21

Assigning CNA

fortinet

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.7)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:X/RC:C

Weaknesses

• CWE-23Relative Path TraversalBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e5b51d475d14c73b99b64b171056c32ca3765947276dd9ab920af0e8b64954c5

• fortiguard.comhttps://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-085