CVE-2021-36189 Information disclosure in Fortinet FortiClientEMS

What is CVE-2021-36189?

CVE-2021-36189 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientEMS, published on 9 Dec 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A missing encryption of sensitive data in Fortinet FortiClientEMS version 7.0.1 and below, version 6.4.4 and below allows attacker to information disclosure via inspecting browser decrypted data

Weakness: CWE-311

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-36189?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Forticlient Enterprise Management Server.

How do I fix CVE-2021-36189?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-36189 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-36189 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-36189 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiClientEMS

• CVE-2023-48788 Fortinet FortiClient EMS SQL Injection Exploited Critical 9.3
• CVE-2023-45581 Privilege escalation in FortiClientEMS High 7.9
• CVE-2024-33508 Command injection in FortiClientEMS Medium 6.9
• CVE-2021-41030 Auth bypass in Fortinet FortiClientEMS Medium 5.4
• CVE-2020-15940 Cross-site scripting in Fortinet FortiClientEMS Medium 4.1

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-v99f-7jp8-w888.