CVE-2022-42478 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting FortiSIEM versions below 7.0.0, stemming from an improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts. This flaw allows a low-privileged attacker to conduct brute-force attacks against several endpoints, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the CVSS score is 8.8, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.1.0, <= 5.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortisiem:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.3.0, <= 5.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortisiem:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.3.0, <= 6.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortisiem:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortisiem:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortisiem:5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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