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CVE-2024-40590
- 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: 2025-03-14 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-295
Description
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.
Affected products
- Fortinet FortiPortal: from 6.0.0 before 7.0.9; from 7.2.0 before 7.2.5; 7.4.0 — fixed in 7.0.9, 7.2.5
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Fortinet FortiPortal 7.0.9, 7.2.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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