Administrator impersonation via plaintext password storage
Published Jun 13, 2023 · Updated Oct 22, 2024
Plaintext password storage in Fortinet FortiSIEM affected releases allows attackers with user-database access to impersonate GUI administrators. The user database retains administrator passwords without cryptographic protection, allowing anyone who reads its contents to recover reusable GUI credentials. The gate is prior access to the user database; the bounded consequence is administrator impersonation in the device GUI.
Summary
What happened
Plaintext password storage in Fortinet FortiSIEM affected releases allows attackers with user-database access to impersonate GUI administrators. The user database retains administrator passwords without cryptographic protection, allowing anyone who reads its contents to recover reusable GUI credentials. The gate is prior access to the user database; the bounded consequence is administrator impersonation in the device GUI.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-26204
- Published
- Jun 13, 2023
- Updated
- Oct 22, 2024
- Vendor
- Fortinet
- Product
- FortiSIEM
- Classifications
- CWE-256, CWE-522, T1555, T1078
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 13, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 22, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=5.3.0 <=5.3.3
- Affected versionversion=5.4.0
- Affected versionversion=6.1.0 <=6.1.2
- Affected versionversion=6.2.0 <=6.2.1
- Affected versionversion=6.3.0 <=6.3.3
- Affected versionversion=6.4.0 <=6.4.2
- Affected versionversion=6.5.0 <=6.5.1
- Affected versionversion=6.6.0 <=6.6.3
- Affected versionversion=6.7.0 <=6.7.5
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What is affected?
Attacks
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Reported exploitation
- CERT-FR report of targeted exploitationreported exploitation
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