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Fortinet Fortigate Weak Authentication in csfd daemon (FG-IR-24-221)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 214077

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of Fortigate installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FG-IR-24-221 advisory.

 - A weak authentication in Fortinet FortiManager Cloud, FortiAnalyzer versions 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, 7.4.1 through 7.4.3, FortiAnalyzer Cloud versions 7.4.1 through 7.4.3, FortiManager versions 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, 7.4.1 through 7.4.3, FortiManager Cloud versions 7.4.1 through 7.4.3 allows attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via a brute-force attack. (CVE-2024-50563)

 - A weak authentication in Fortinet FortiOS versions 7.4.0 through 7.4.4, 7.2.0 through 7.2.8, 7.0.0 through 7.0.15, 6.4.0 through 6.4.15, FortiProxy versions 7.4.0 through 7.4.4, 7.2.0 through 7.2.10, 7.0.0 through 7.0.17, 2.0.0 through 2.0.14, FortiManager versions 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, 7.4.1 through 7.4.3, FortiManager Cloud versions 7.4.1 through 7.4.3, FortiAnalyzer Cloud versions 7.4.1 through 7.4.3 allows attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via a brute-force attack. (CVE-2024-48886)

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

Solution

For 6.4.x, see vendor advisory. For 7.0.x, upgrade to Fortigate version 7.0.16 or later. For 7.2.x, upgrade to Fortigate version 7.2.9 or later. For 7.4.x, upgrade to Fortigate version 7.4.5 or later.

See Also

https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-221

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 214077

File Name: fortigate_FG-IR-24-221.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Family: Firewalls

Published: 1/14/2025

Updated: 2/14/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-50563

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fortinet:fortios

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/14/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/14/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-48886, CVE-2024-50563

IAVA: 2025-A-0022