Console credential brute force via unrestricted attempts
Published Jan 14, 2025 · Updated Feb 18, 2025
Improper login-attempt restriction in Fortinet FortiClient EMS allows remote attackers to brute-force the console over HTTP or HTTPS. Fortinet has not disclosed the affected authentication handler or the precise operation that fails to rate-limit crafted login requests. No authentication is required to make repeated guesses; access still depends on identifying valid console credentials.
Summary
What happened
Improper login-attempt restriction in Fortinet FortiClient EMS allows remote attackers to brute-force the console over HTTP or HTTPS. Fortinet has not disclosed the affected authentication handler or the precise operation that fails to rate-limit crafted login requests. No authentication is required to make repeated guesses; access still depends on identifying valid console credentials.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-23106
- Published
- Jan 14, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 18, 2025
- Vendor
- Fortinet
- Product
- FortiClient EMS
- Classifications
- CWE-307, T1110.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 14, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 18, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=6.2.0 <=6.2.4
- Affected versionversion=6.2.6 <=6.2.9
- Affected versionversion=6.4.0 <=6.4.4
- Affected versionversion=6.4.7 <=6.4.9
- Affected versionversion=7.0.0 <=7.0.10
- Affected versionversion=7.2.0 <=7.2.3
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