Description
An Improper Control of Interaction Frequency vulnerability [CWE-799] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWeb 8.0.0 through 8.0.2, FortiWeb 7.6.0 through 7.6.5, FortiWeb 7.4.0 through 7.4.10, FortiWeb 7.2.0 through 7.2.11, FortiWeb 7.0.0 through 7.0.11 may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to bypass the authentication rate-limit via crafted requests. The success of the attack depends on the attacker's resources and the password target complexity.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- network
- Complexity
- high
- Privileges
- none
- User Action
- none
- Scope
- unchanged
- Confidentiality
- high
- Integrity
- high
- Availability
- high
- Weaknesses
- CWE-799
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- FORTINET
- Published
- 3/10/2026
- Last Modified
- 3/12/2026
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
fortinet : fortiwebfortinet : fortiwebfortinet : fortiwebfortinet : fortiwebfortinet : fortiweb
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