THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2021-32588
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2021-32588

Fortiportal vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
3.3%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
A use of hard-coded credentials (CWE-798) vulnerability in FortiPortal versions 5.2.5 and below, 5.3.5 and below, 6.0.4 and below, versions 5.1.x and 5.0.x may allow a remote and unauthenticated attacker to execute unauthorized commands as root by uploading and deploying malicious web application archive files using the default hard-coded Tomcat Manager username and password.
Affected vendor
Fortinet
Affected product
Fortiportal
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Published
2021-08-18

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2021-32588

  • Confirm whether Fortinet Fortiportal is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2021-32588.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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