Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Info in FortiTester 2.3-7.2.3
CVE-2023-40715 Published on September 13, 2023
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-40715 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
The application stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere. Because the information is stored in cleartext, attackers could potentially read it. Even if the information is encoded in a way that is not human-readable, certain techniques could determine which encoding is being used, then decode the information.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-40715
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Affected Versions
Fortinet FortiTester:- Version 7.2.0, <= 7.2.3 is affected.
- Version 7.1.0, <= 7.1.1 is affected.
- Version 7.0.0 is affected.
- Version 4.2.0, <= 4.2.1 is affected.
- Version 4.1.0, <= 4.1.1 is affected.
- Version 4.0.0 is affected.
- Version 3.9.0, <= 3.9.2 is affected.
- Version 3.8.0 is affected.
- Version 3.7.0, <= 3.7.1 is affected.
- Version 3.6.0 is affected.
- Version 3.5.0, <= 3.5.1 is affected.
- Version 3.4.0 is affected.
- Version 3.3.0, <= 3.3.1 is affected.
- Version 3.2.0 is affected.
- Version 3.1.0 is affected.
- Version 3.0.0 is affected.
- Version 2.9.0 is affected.
- Version 2.8.0 is affected.
- Version 2.7.0 is affected.
- Version 2.6.0 is affected.
- Version 2.5.0 is affected.
- Version 2.4.0, <= 2.4.1 is affected.
- Version 2.3.0 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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