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Fortinet FortiOS: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts (CVE-2022-43947)

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Fortinet FortiOS: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts (CVE-2022-43947)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/11/2023
Created
05/05/2023
Added
04/20/2023
Modified
04/20/2023

Description

An improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability [CWE-307] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.3 and before 7.0.10, FortiProxy version 7.2.0 through 7.2.2 and before 7.0.8 administrative interface allows an attacker with a valid user account to perform brute-force attacks on other user accounts via injecting valid login sessions.

Solution(s)

  • fortios-upgrade-6_4_13
  • fortios-upgrade-7_0_11
  • fortios-upgrade-7_2_4

References

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