FKIE_CVE-2024-40590

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-03-14 15:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 07:46
Severity
4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
An improper certificate validation vulnerability [CWE-295] in FortiPortal version 7.4.0, version 7.2.4 and below, version 7.0.8 and below, version 6.0.15 and below when connecting to a FortiManager device, a FortiAnalyzer device, or an SMTP server may allow an unauthenticated attacker in a Man-in-the-Middle position to intercept on and tamper with the encrypted communication channel established between the FortiPortal and those endpoints.
References
psirt@fortinet.comhttps://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-155Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
fortinet fortiportal *
fortinet fortiportal *
fortinet fortiportal 7.4.0
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