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Fortinet Fortigate LDAP Clear-text credentials retrievable with IP modification (FG-IR-24-111)

low Nessus Plugin ID 234006

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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 a vulnerability as referenced in the FG-IR-24-111 advisory.

 - A storing passwords in a recoverable format in Fortinet FortiOS versions 7.2.0 through 7.2.1 allows attacker to information disclosure via modification of LDAP server IP to point to a malicious server.
 (CVE-2024-32122)

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

Solution

For 6.4.x / 7.0.x / 7.2.x / 7.4.x, see vendor advisory.

See Also

https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-111

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 234006

File Name: fortigate_FG-IR-24-111.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Firewalls

Published: 4/8/2025

Updated: 4/8/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.4

Temporal Score: 1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-32122

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.3

Temporal Score: 2

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

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: 4/8/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/8/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-32122