High severity · published Jun 13, 2023
CVE-2022-42478
An Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts [CWE-307] in FortiSIEM below 7.0.0 may allow a non-privileged user with access to several endpoints to brute force…
8.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts [CWE-307] in FortiSIEM below 7.0.0 may allow a non-privileged user with access to several endpoints to brute force attack these endpoints.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 45% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
Fortisiem · Fortinet
5.1.0 through 5.1.3; 5.3.0 through 5.3.3; 6.3.0 through 6.3.3; 5.2.1; 5.2.2; 5.2.5; +19 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42478
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-42478
Vendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-258
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