8.8

CVE-2022-42478: fortinet fortisiem

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighModified
Published 13-06-2023Last modified 23-10-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-42478 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in fortinet fortisiem. EPSS estimates a 0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.53%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 13-06-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 23-10-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.53%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

44%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.53% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.53%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Fortinet1 product
  • fortisiem≥ 6.6.0, ≤ 6.6.3 | ≥ 6.5.0, ≤ 6.5.1 | ≥ 6.4.0, ≤ 6.4.2 | ≥ 6.2.0, ≤ 6.2.1 | ≥ 6.1.0, ≤ 6.1.2 | ≥ 5.2.5, ≤ 5.2.8 | ≥ 5.2.1, ≤ 5.2.2 | ≥ 5.1.0, ≤ 5.1.3 | ≥ 5.3.0, ≤ 5.3.3 | ≥ 6.3.0, ≤ 6.3.3 | 5.2.1 | 5.2.2 | 5.2.5 | 5.2.6 | 5.2.7 | 5.2.8 | 5.4.0 | 6.1.0 | 6.1.1 | 6.1.2 | 6.2.0 | 6.2.1 | 6.4.0 | 6.4.1 | 6.4.2 | 6.5.0 | 6.5.1 | 6.6.0 | 6.6.1 | 6.6.2 | 6.6.3 | 6.7.0

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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