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CVE-2023-40715 — A cleartext storage of sensitive information vulnerability [CWE-312] in FortiTes

A cleartext storage of sensitive information vulnerability [CWE-312] in FortiTester 2.3.0 through 7.2.3 may allow an attacker with access to the DB contents to retrieve the plaintext password of external servers configured in the device.

CVSS
5.2 MEDIUM
EPSS
6.00% (top 80.60%)
CWE
CWE-312
Published
2023-09-13T12:29:50.478Z
Last modified
2024-09-24T19:56:35.906Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:C

01What is this vulnerability?

A cleartext storage of sensitive information vulnerability [CWE-312] in FortiTester 2.3.0 through 7.2.3 may allow an attacker with access to the DB contents to retrieve the plaintext password of external servers configured in the device.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
FortinetFortiTester7.2.0, 7.1.0, 7.0.0, 4.2.0, 4.1.0, 4.0.0, 3.9.0, 3.8.0, 3.7.0, 3.6.0, 3.5.0, 3.4.0, 3.3.0, 3.2.0, 3.1.0, 3.0.0, 2.9.0, 2.8.0, 2.7.0, 2.6.0, 2.5.0, 2.4.0, 2.3.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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