CVE-2022-35846

An improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability [CWE-307] in FortiTester Telnet port 2.3.0 through 3.9.1, 4.0.0 through 4.2.0, 7.0.0 through 7.1.0 may allow an unauthenticated attacker to guess the credentials of an admin user via a brute force attack.

Score

CVSS 3.1 9.8 Critical

Status

Modified - psirt@fortinet.com

Published

2022-10-18

Last modified

2024-10-25

Weaknesses

CWE-284, CWE-307

Affected products

• Fortinet Fortitester (Fortinet)
• Fortitester (Fortinet)

References

• https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-244