CVE-2023-40717 Hardcoded credentials in FortiTester

What is CVE-2023-40717?

CVE-2023-40717 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet FortiTester, published on 13 Sep 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A use of hard-coded credentials vulnerability [CWE-798] in FortiTester 2.3.0 through 7.2.3 may allow an attacker who managed to get a shell on the device to access the database via shell commands.

Weakness: CWE-798

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-40717?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Fortitester.

How do I fix CVE-2023-40717?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-40717 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-40717 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-40717 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiTester

• CVE-2022-33872 Command injection in Fortinet FortiTester Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-33874 Command injection in Fortinet FortiTester Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-35846 Auth bypass in Fortinet FortiTester High 8.1
• CVE-2022-33870 Command injection in Fortinet FortiTester High 7.8
• CVE-2022-35845 Command injection in FortiTester High 7.6

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-32xv-jxqg-mhrf.