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Fortinet fixed a critical vulnerability in its Data Analytics product

Fortinet addressed a critical vulnerability that can lead to remote, unauthenticated access to Redis and MongoDB instances.

Fortinet has addressed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-41331 (CVSS score of 9.3), in its Fortinet FortiPresence data analytics solution.

FortiPresence is a comprehensive data analytics solution designed for analyzing user traffic and deriving usage patterns.

Successful exploitation can lead to remote, unauthenticated access to Redis and MongoDB instances via crafted authentication requests.

“A missing authentication for critical function vulnerability [CWE-306] in FortiPresence on-prem infrastructure server may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to access the Redis and MongoDB instances via crafted authentication requests.” reads the advisory published by the vendor.

The vulnerability affects FortiPresence 1.2 all versions, FortiPresence 1.1 all versions, and FortiPresence 1.0 all versions. The company added that Cloud instances of FortiPresence are not impacted.

Fortinet addressed multiple vulnerabilities in its products as part of its “April 2023 Vulnerability Advisories,” below are the most severe ones:

  • CVE-2022-43955 (CVSS score of 8) – FortiWeb – XSS vulnerability in HTML generated attack report files
  • CVE-2022-27487 (CVSS score of 8.3) FortiSandbox / FortiDeceptor – Improper profile-based access control over APIs
  • CVE-2022-41330 (CVSS score of 8.3) FortiOS & FortiProxy – Cross Site Scripting vulnerabilities in administrative interface

Customers are recommended to update their instances as soon as possible.

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Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.

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