CVE-2023-40715 (GCVE-0-2023-40715)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-13 12:29 – Updated: 2024-09-24 19:56
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
5.2 (Medium)
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
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Fortinet FortiTester Affected: 7.2.0 , ≤ 7.2.3 (semver)
Affected: 7.1.0 , ≤ 7.1.1 (semver)
Affected: 7.0.0
Affected: 4.2.0 , ≤ 4.2.1 (semver)
Affected: 4.1.0 , ≤ 4.1.1 (semver)
Affected: 4.0.0
Affected: 3.9.0 , ≤ 3.9.2 (semver)
Affected: 3.8.0
Affected: 3.7.0 , ≤ 3.7.1 (semver)
Affected: 3.6.0
Affected: 3.5.0 , ≤ 3.5.1 (semver)
Affected: 3.4.0
Affected: 3.3.0 , ≤ 3.3.1 (semver)
Affected: 3.2.0
Affected: 3.1.0
Affected: 3.0.0
Affected: 2.9.0
Affected: 2.8.0
Affected: 2.7.0
Affected: 2.6.0
Affected: 2.5.0
Affected: 2.4.0 , ≤ 2.4.1 (semver)
Affected: 2.3.0
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