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Fortinet FortiWeb Read only administrator can see passwords' hashes (FG-IR-23-191)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 197628

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Synopsis

Fortinet Firewall is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The version of FortiWeb installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FG-IR-23-191 advisory.

 - An exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor vulnerability [CWE-200] in FortiWeb version 7.4.0, version 7.2.4 and below, version 7.0.8 and below, 6.3 all versions may allow an authenticated attacker to read password hashes of other administrators via CLI commands. (CVE-2024-23107)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to FortiWeb version 6.3.999999 / 7.0.9 / 7.2.5 / 7.4.1 or later.

See Also

https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-191

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 197628

File Name: fortiweb_FG-IR-23-191.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Family: Firewalls

Published: 5/22/2024

Updated: 10/29/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-23107

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:fortinet:fortiweb

Required KB Items: Host/Fortigate/model, Host/Fortigate/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-23107