CVE-2022-43947

MEDIUM

Fortinet FortiOS <7.2.3 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability [CWE-307] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.3 and before 7.0.10, FortiProxy version 7.2.0 through 7.2.2 and before 7.0.8 administrative interface allows an attacker with a valid user account to perform brute-force attacks on other user accounts via injecting valid login sessions.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 5.0
EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 37.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-307
Status published
Products (2)
fortinet/fortios 6.2.0 - 6.4.13
fortinet/fortiproxy 1.0.0 - 2.0.9
Published Apr 11, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026