Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in FortiClientEMS - CVE-2024-23106
Published: January 14, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU102601
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 9.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-23106
CWE-ID: CWE-307
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
A remote attacker can perform a brute-force attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improperly imposed restrictions on excessive authentication attempts and does not locks accounts in EMS console. A remote attacker can perform brute-force attack via HTTP/S protocol and gain unauthorized access to the system.
Affected software
FortiClientEMS
How to mitigate CVE-2024-23106
Install updates from vendor's website.
FortiClientEMS - addressed in versions 7.0.11, 7.2.5