Weak authentication in WAD/GUI

Summary

A Weak authentication vulnerability [CWE 1390] in FortiPAM and FortiSwitch Manager WAD/GUI may allow an attacker to bypass the authentication process via a brute-force attack.

Version Affected Solution
FortiPAM 1.7 Not affected Not Applicable
FortiPAM 1.6 Not affected Not Applicable
FortiPAM 1.5 1.5.0 Upgrade to 1.5.1 or above
FortiPAM 1.4 1.4.0 through 1.4.2 Upgrade to 1.4.3 or above
FortiPAM 1.3 1.3 all versions Migrate to a fixed release
FortiPAM 1.2 1.2 all versions Migrate to a fixed release
FortiPAM 1.1 1.1 all versions Migrate to a fixed release
FortiPAM 1.0 1.0 all versions Migrate to a fixed release
FortiSwitchManager 7.2 7.2.0 through 7.2.4 Upgrade to 7.2.5 or above
FortiSwitchManager 7.0 Not affected Not Applicable

Acknowledgement

Internally discovered and reported by Gwendal Guégniaud of Fortinet Product Security team.

Timeline

2025-10-14: Initial publication