CVE-2023-40714

CRITICALNVD 9.99.9—Trending — 3 sources updated this week

9.9

A relative path traversal in Fortinet FortiSIEM versions 7.0.0, 6.7.0 through 6.7.2, 6.6.0 through 6.6.3, 6.5.1, 6.5.0 allows attacker to escalate privilege via uploading certain GUI elements

CVSS v3: 9.9
EG Score: 9.9(medium)
EPSS: 67.6%
KEV: Not listed

Published

April 2, 2025

Last Modified

July 15, 2025

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated May 29, 2026

No patch confirmed yet.

generic

PSIRT | FortiGuard Labs

https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-085

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-23Relative Path Traversal

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 12× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2023-40714?

CVE-2023-40714 is a critical vulnerability published on April 2, 2025. A relative path traversal in Fortinet FortiSIEM versions 7.0.0, 6.7.0 through 6.7.2, 6.6.0 through 6.6.3, 6.5.1, 6.5.0 allows attacker to escalate privilege via uploading certain GUI elements

When was CVE-2023-40714 disclosed?

CVE-2023-40714 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 2, 2025, with the most recent update on July 15, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2023-40714 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-40714 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 67.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-40714?

CVE-2023-40714 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.9 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2023-40714?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2023-40714, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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