# CVE-2024-31493: Information disclosure in FortiSOAR

> Authenticated low-privileged users can read connector passwords in plain text via HTTP responses in FortiSOAR.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:X/RC:X`)
- **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:** 3 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qfm4-frr3-p3ph

## What is CVE-2024-31493?

CVE-2024-31493 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSOAR, published on 3 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An improper removal of sensitive information before storage or transfer vulnerability [CWE-212] in FortiSOAR version 7.3.0, version 7.2.2 and below, version 7.0.3 and below may allow an authenticated low privileged user to read Connector passwords in plain-text via HTTP responses.

Weakness: CWE-212 (Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-31493?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fortinet Fortisoar.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-31493?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-31493 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-31493 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-31493 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiSOAR

- [CVE-2024-47572](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47572/): Code injection in FortiSOAR (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2024-21760](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21760/): Code injection in FortiSOAR (high 7.7)
- [CVE-2023-25605](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25605/): Missing authorization in FortiSOAR (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2022-23443](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23443/): Missing authorization in Fortinet FortiSOAR (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-27995](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-27995/): Code injection in FortiSOAR (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-31493 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-31493 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSOAR, published on 3 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-31493 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fortinet FortiSOAR. 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-2024-31493/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31493/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-31493
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-31493
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-31493

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31493/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.