# CVE-2021-24024: Information disclosure in Fortinet FortiADCManager, FortiADC

> Remote authenticated attackers can read other users' passwords from log files due to clear text storage in FortiADCManager and FortiADC.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Apr 2021
- **Updated:** 25 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hf5v-r8xg-7r35

## What is CVE-2021-24024?

CVE-2021-24024 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet FortiADCManager, FortiADC, published on 12 Apr 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A clear text storage of sensitive information into log file vulnerability in FortiADCManager 5.3.0 and below, 5.2.1 and below and FortiADC 5.3.7 and below may allow a remote authenticated attacker to read other local users' password in log files.

Weakness: CWE-532 (Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24024?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Fortinet Fortiadc, Fortinet Fortiadc Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-24024?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24024 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-24024 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24024 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiADCManager, FortiADC

- [CVE-2018-13374](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-13374/): Fortinet FortiOS and FortiADC Improper Access Control (medium 4.3, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-38374](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38374/): Cross-site scripting in Fortinet FortiADC (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-37933](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37933/): Cross-site scripting in FortiADC (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2022-39947](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-39947/): Command injection in FortiADC (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2022-35851](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35851/): Cross-site scripting in Fortinet FortiADC (high 8.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24024 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-24024 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet FortiADCManager, FortiADC, published on 12 Apr 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24024 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fortinet FortiADCManager, FortiADC. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24024/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24024/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24024
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24024
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24024

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24024/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.