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Fortinet FortiManager Unencrypted Password Vulnerability (FG-IR-18-051)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 124328

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Synopsis

The remote host is affected by a information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

The version of FortiManager running on the remote device is 5.2.x and prior to 5.2.8 or 5.4.x and prior to 5.4.2. It is, therefore, affected by an information disclosure vulnerability due to a cleartext transmission of sensitive information in the REST API json responses. A user performing a man in the middle attack would be able to retrieve the admin password.

Solution

Upgrade to Fortinet FortiManager version 5.2.8 / 5.4.2 or later.

See Also

https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-18-051

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 124328

File Name: fortimanager_FG-IR-18-051.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Family: Firewalls

Published: 4/26/2019

Updated: 2/18/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1360

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: manual

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fortinet:fortimanager_firmware

Required KB Items: Host/Fortigate/model, Host/Fortigate/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/23/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/23/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1360