9.8

CVE-2024-23106: fortinet forticlientems

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalAnalyzed
Published 14-01-2025Last modified 18-02-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-23106 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in fortinet forticlientems. EPSS estimates a 0.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.96%
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. 14-01-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 18-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts [CWE-307] in FortiClientEMS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.4 and before 7.0.10 allows an unauthenticated attacker to try a brute force attack against the FortiClientEMS console via crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.96%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

61%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.96% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.96%

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
  • forticlientems≥ 7.2.0, ≤ 7.2.3 | ≥ 7.0.0, ≤ 7.0.10 | ≥ 6.4.7, ≤ 6.4.9 | ≥ 6.4.0, ≤ 6.4.4 | ≥ 6.2.6, ≤ 6.2.9 | ≥ 6.2.0, ≤ 6.2.4 | ≥ 6.2.0, ≤ 6.2.9 | ≥ 6.4.0, ≤ 6.4.9 | ≥ 7.0.0, < 7.0.11 | ≥ 7.2.0, < 7.2.5

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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