CVE-2017-7731 Information disclosure in Fortinet FortiPortal

What is CVE-2017-7731?

CVE-2017-7731 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fortinet, Inc. Fortinet FortiPortal, published on 26 May 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A weak password recovery vulnerability in Fortinet FortiPortal versions 4.0.0 and below allows attacker to carry out information disclosure via the Forgotten Password feature.

Weakness: CWE-640

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-7731?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Fortiportal.

How do I fix CVE-2017-7731?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-7731 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-7731 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7731 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet, Inc. Fortinet FortiPortal

• CVE-2021-32590 SQL injection in Fortinet FortiPortal Critical 9.9
• CVE-2021-32588 Hardcoded credentials in Fortinet FortiPortal Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-7342 Security feature bypass in Fortinet FortiPortal Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-7337 Missing authorization in Fortinet FortiPortal Critical 9.1
• CVE-2025-24470 Path traversal in FortiPortal High 8.1

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-8gqm-crwv-8r3m.