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Fortinet Fortigate Insertion of sensitive information into REST API logs (FG-IR-24-268)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 277932

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Synopsis

Fortinet Firewall is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The version of Fortigate installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FG-IR-24-268 advisory.

 - An insertion of sensitive information into log file vulnerability [CWE-532] in FortiOS 7.4.0...
 (CVE-2024-47570)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

For 7.0.x, see vendor advisory. For 7.2.x, upgrade to Fortigate version 7.2.8 or later. For 7.4.x, upgrade to Fortigate version 7.4.4 or later.

See Also

https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-268

http://www.nessus.org/u?a175b8d4

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 277932

File Name: fortigate_FG-IR-24-268.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Family: Firewalls

Published: 12/9/2025

Updated: 12/11/2025

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-47570

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fortinet:fortios

Required KB Items: Host/Fortigate/model, Host/Fortigate/version, Settings/ParanoidReport

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/9/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/9/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-47570

IAVA: 2025-A-0770