CVE-2024-33503
A improper privilege management in Fortinet FortiManager version 7.4.0 through 7.4.3, 7.2.0...
A improper privilege management vulnerability in Fortinet FortiManager Cloud 7.4.1 through 7.4.3, FortiManager Cloud 7.2.1 through 7.2.5, FortiManager Cloud 7.0 all versions, FortiManager 7.4.0 through 7.4.3, FortiManager 7.2.0 through 7.2.5, FortiManager 7.0 all versions, FortiManager 6.4 all versions allows attacker to escalation of privilege via specific shell commands
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
A improper privilege management vulnerability in Fortinet FortiManager Cloud 7.4.1 through 7.4.3, FortiManager Cloud 7.2.1 through 7.2.5, FortiManager Cloud 7.0 all versions, FortiManager 7.4.0 through 7.4.3, FortiManager 7.2.0 through 7.2.5, FortiManager 7.0 all versions, FortiManager 6.4 all versions allows attacker to escalation of privilege via specific shell commands
- Record
CVE-2024-33503- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-266
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-31241
A improper privilege management vulnerability in Fortinet FortiManager Cloud 7.4.1 through 7.4.3, FortiManager Cloud 7.2.1 through 7.2.5, FortiManager Cloud 7.0 all versions, FortiManager 7.4.0 through 7.4.3, FortiManager 7.2.0 through 7.2.5, FortiManager 7.0 all versions, FortiManager 6.4 all versions allows attacker to escalation of privilege via specific shell commands
- Record
EUVD-2024-31241- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hw72-fmxv-278r
A improper privilege management in Fortinet FortiManager version 7.4.0 through 7.4.3, 7.2.0...
A improper privilege management in Fortinet FortiManager version 7.4.0 through 7.4.3, 7.2.0 through 7.2.5, 7.0.0 through 7.0.12, 6.4.0 through 6.4.14, FortiAnalyzer version 7.4.0 through 7.4.2, 7.2.0 through 7.2.5, 7.0.0 through 7.0.12, 6.4.0 through 6.4.14 allows attacker to escalation of privilege via specific shell commands
- Record
GHSA-hw72-fmxv-278r- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-266
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A improper privilege management vulnerability in Fortinet FortiManager Cloud 7.4.1 through 7.4.3, FortiManager Cloud 7.2.1 through 7.2.5, FortiManager Cloud 7.0 all versions, FortiManager 7.4.0 through 7.4.3, FortiManager 7.2.0 through 7.2.5, FortiManager 7.0 all versions, FortiManager 6.4 all versions allows attacker to escalation of privilege via specific shell commands
- Record
CVE-2024-33503- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-266
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-33503 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.7) in Fortinet Fortimanager, published January 14, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.22%, the 12th percentile. No source names a fixed version.