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CVE-2024-33509

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-07-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-295

Description

An improper certificate validation vulnerability [CWE-295] in FortiWeb 7.2.0 through 7.2.1, 7.0 all versions, 6.4 all versions and 6.3 all versions may allow a remote and unauthenticated attacker in a Man-in-the-Middle position to decipher and/or tamper with the communication channel between the device and different endpoints used to fetch data for Web Application Firewall (WAF).

Affected products

• Fortinet FortiWeb: from 6.3.0 before 7.2.2 — fixed in 7.2.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Fortinet FortiWeb 7.2.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-326
• https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-326

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