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CVE-2015-1456
Fortinet FortiAuthenticator 3.0.0 logs the PostgreSQL usernames and passwords in cleartext, which allows remote administrators to obtain…
- 4.0MediumCVSS base score
- 1.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 27% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Fortinet FortiAuthenticator 3.0.0 logs the PostgreSQL usernames and passwords in cleartext, which allows remote administrators to obtain sensitive information by reading the log at debug/startup/.
Timeline
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Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 27% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130156/Fortinet-FortiAuthenticator-XSS-Disclosure-Bypass.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 72378 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-15-003/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.security-assessment.com/files/documents/advisory/Fortinet_FortiAuthenticator_Multiple_Vulnerabilities.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-1591 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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