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CVE-2024-55591

CRITICAL
Published 2025-01-14T14:08:34.207Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
9.6
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:W/RC:C
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2023.03.01
0.026
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 2.6% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-01-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.902
Higher than 90.2% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

An Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability [CWE-288] affecting FortiOS version 7.0.0 through 7.0.16 and FortiProxy version 7.0.0 through 7.0.19 and 7.2.0 through 7.2.12 allows a remote attacker to gain super-admin privileges via crafted requests to Node.js websocket module.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

48,000+ internet-facing Fortinet firewalls still open to attack

Despite last week’s confirmation of and warnings about long-standing exploitation of CVE-2024-55591, a critical vulnerability affecting Fortinet Fortigate firewalls, too many vulnerable devices are still accessible from the Internet and open to attack: over 4…

Help Net Security 2025-01-22 12:27
CVE-2024-55591: Fortinet Authentication Bypass Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild

Fortinet patched a zero day authentication bypass vulnerability in FortiOS and FortiProxy that has been actively exploited in the wild as a zero-day since November 2024.BackgroundOn January 14, Fortinet released a security advisory (FG-IR-24-535) addressing…

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Fortinet fixes FortiOS zero-day exploited by attackers for months (CVE-2024-55591)

Fortinet has patched an authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2024-55591) affecting its FortiOS firewalls and FortiProxy web gateways that has been exploited as a zero-day by attackers to compromise publicly-exposed FortiGate firewalls. While Fortinet ackn…

Help Net Security 2025-01-14 17:15
Active Exploitation of CVE-2024-55591 (CVSS 9.6): FortiOS and FortiProxy Under Threat

A critical vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-55591 (CVSS 9.6) is actively being exploited in the wild, posing a severe The post Active Exploitation of CVE-2024-55591 (CVSS 9.6): FortiOS and FortiProxy Under Threat appeared first on Cybersecurity News.

SecurityOnline.info 2025-01-14 15:08
FG-IR-24-535 - Authentication bypass in Node.js websocket module (FortiGuard Labs, 2025.01.14)

FortiOS 7.0.0.0.16 / FortiProxy 7.2.0.2.12 / FortiProxy 7.0.0.0.19 ャNode.js websocket ≪クャ紫⒢ッケс 茯┝帥super-admin 罔сCVE-2024-55591 FortiOS 7.0.17 / FortiProxy 7.2.13 / FortiProxy 7.0.20 т信罩c障TTP/HTTPS 膊∞ゃ帥ァゃケ鴻 local-in 激IP ≪ケャ≪ッ祉ケ狗┃絎倶粂 i Zero-…

Ryukoku.ac.jp 2025-01-14 15:00

Affected Products

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This vulnerability is actively being exploited in the wild

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Remediation Status

Overdue

Due Date

January 21, 2025

Added to KEV

January 14, 2025

Required Action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Affected Product

Vendor/Project: Fortinet
Product: FortiOS and FortiProxy

Ransomware Risk

Known Ransomware Use
KEV Catalog Version: 2025.01.24 Released: January 24, 2025

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed CRITICAL

GHSA-v4mr-pqhx-vpm2

Advisory Details

An Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability [CWE-288] affecting FortiOS version 7.0.0 through 7.0.16 and FortiProxy version 7.0.0 through 7.0.19 and 7.2.0 through 7.2.12 allows a remote attacker to gain super-admin privileges via crafted requests to Node.js websocket module.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

9.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: January 14, 2025, Modified: January 14, 2025

Social Media Intelligence

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1 post
Reddit 18 hours, 15 minutes ago
crstux
Exploit

🔥 Top 10 Trending CVEs (18/06/2025) Here’s a quick breakdown of the 10 most interesting vulnerabilities trending today: **1. [CVE-2023-33538](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-33538)** - 📝 TP-Link TL-WR940N V2/V4, TL-WR841N V8/V10, and TL-WR740N V1/V2 was discovered to contain a command injection vulnerability via the component /userRpm/WlanNetworkRpm . - 📅 **Published:** 07/06/2023 - 📈 **CVSS:** …

3
3.0
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Published: 2025-01-14T14:08:34.207Z
Last Modified: 2025-01-23T04:55:42.893Z
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