Information disclosure in FortiWeb

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU100464

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36509

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to application displays encrypted passwords of other administrators via the "Log Access Event" logs page. A local privileged user can gain access to potentially sensitive information.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Fortinet FortiWeb: 6.3.0 - 7.6.0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortinet_fortiweb:6.3.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortinet_fortiweb:6.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortinet_fortiweb:7.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortinet_fortiweb:7.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortinet_fortiweb:7.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortinet_fortiweb:7.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-180

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.