Fortinet FortiWeb up to 6.3.23/6.4.3/7.0.10/7.2.1 certificate validation

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Fortinet FortiWeb up to 6.3.23/6.4.3/7.0.10/7.2.1. This affects an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to certificate validation. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-33509. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Fortinet FortiWeb up to 6.3.23/6.4.3/7.0.10/7.2.1. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An improper certificate validation vulnerability [CWE-295] in FortiWeb 7.2.0 through 7.2.1, 7.0 all versions, 6.4 all versions and 6.3 all versions may allow a remote and unauthenticated attacker in a Man-in-the-Middle position to decipher and/or tamper with the communication channel between the device and different endpoints used to fetch data for Web Application Firewall (WAF).

The advisory is shared for download at fortiguard.fortinet.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-33509 since 04/23/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1587.003.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Type

• Firewall Software

Vendor

• Fortinet

Name

• FortiWeb

Version

• 6.3.0
• 6.3.1
• 6.3.2
• 6.3.3
• 6.3.4
• 6.3.5
• 6.3.6
• 6.3.7
• 6.3.8
• 6.3.9
• 6.3.10
• 6.3.11
• 6.3.12
• 6.3.13
• 6.3.14
• 6.3.15
• 6.3.16
• 6.3.17
• 6.3.18
• 6.3.19
• 6.3.20
• 6.3.21
• 6.3.22
• 6.3.23
• 6.4.0
• 6.4.1
• 6.4.2
• 6.4.3
• 7.0.0
• 7.0.1
• 7.0.2
• 7.0.3
• 7.0.4
• 7.0.5
• 7.0.6
• 7.0.7
• 7.0.8
• 7.0.9
• 7.0.10
• 7.2.0
• 7.2.1

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.fortinet.com/

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