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Fortinet FortiWeb Exposure of password hashes to read-only admin (FG-IR-24-180)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 210870

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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-24-180 advisory.

 - An exposure of sensitive system information to an unauthorized control sphere vulnerability [CWE-497] in FortiWeb version 7.6.0, version 7.4.3 and below, version 7.2.10 and below, version 7.0.10 and below, version 6.3.23 and below may allow an authenticated attacker to access the encrypted passwords of other administrators via the Log Access Event logs page. (CVE-2024-36509)

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 / 7.0.999999 / 7.2.999999 / 7.4.4 / 7.6.1 or later.

See Also

https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-180

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 210870

File Name: fortiweb_FG-IR-24-180.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Family: Firewalls

Published: 11/12/2024

Updated: 11/15/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-36509

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/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: 11/12/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-36509