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CVE-2023-40717: fortinet fortitester Use of Hard-coded Credentials

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
Published 13-09-2023Last modified 24-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-40717 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability in fortinet fortitester. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.21%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 13-09-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 24-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

11%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.21% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.21%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Fortinet1 product
  • fortitester≥ 7.2.0, ≤ 7.2.3 | ≥ 7.1.0, ≤ 7.1.1 | 7.0.0 | ≥ 4.2.0, ≤ 4.2.1 | ≥ 4.1.0, ≤ 4.1.1 | 4.0.0 | ≥ 3.9.0, ≤ 3.9.2 | 3.8.0 | ≥ 3.7.0, ≤ 3.7.1 | 3.6.0 | ≥ 3.5.0, ≤ 3.5.1 | 3.4.0 | ≥ 3.3.0, ≤ 3.3.1 | 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, ≤ 2.4.1 | 2.3.0 | ≥ 2.3.0, ≤ 7.2.3

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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