Medium severity · published Mar 20, 2018
CVE-2017-14191
An Improper Access Control vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWeb 5.6.0 up to but not including 6.1.0 under "Signed Security Mode", allows attacker to bypass the signed user cookie…
5.9
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An Improper Access Control vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWeb 5.6.0 up to but not including 6.1.0 under "Signed Security Mode", allows attacker to bypass the signed user cookie protection by removing the FortiWeb own protection session cookie.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 61% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
Fortiweb · Fortinet
5.6.0 before 6.1.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14191
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14191
Mitigation
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103430
Vendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-279
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