Vulnerability · Published Sep 13, 2023 · Assigned by fortinet
CVE-2023-40717
Medium 5.0
In plain English
A medium-severity hard-coded credentials in FortiTester from Fortinet. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 12% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.0Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 88.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A use of hard-coded credentials vulnerability [CWE-798] in FortiTester 2.3.0 through 7.2.3 may allow an attacker who managed to get a shell on the device to access the database via shell commands.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Fortinet | FortiTester | 7.2.0 – through 7.2.37.1.0 – through 7.1.17.0.04.2.0 – through 4.2.14.1.0 – through 4.1.14.0.03.9.0 – through 3.9.23.8.0 |
Weakness: CWE-798 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:U/RC:C