# CVE-2023-40717: Hardcoded credentials in FortiTester

> Hard-coded credentials in FortiTester allow attackers with shell access to access the database, requiring an upgrade to remediate.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:U/RC:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Sep 2023
- **Updated:** 24 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-32xv-jxqg-mhrf

## 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 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-40717?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-33872/): Command injection in Fortinet FortiTester (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-33874](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-33874/): Command injection in Fortinet FortiTester (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-35846](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35846/): Auth bypass in Fortinet FortiTester (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2022-33870](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-33870/): Command injection in Fortinet FortiTester (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-35845](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35845/): Command injection in FortiTester (high 7.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-40717 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Fortinet FortiTester. 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-2023-40717/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40717/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-40717
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40717
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-40717

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40717/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.