CVE-2016-4968

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Published 2016-09-21 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

6.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2

4.0

VIR risk

6.5

Description

The linkreport/tmp/admin_global page in Fortinet FortiWan (formerly AscernLink) before 4.2.5 allows remote authenticated users to discover administrator cookies via a GET request.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://docs.fortinet.com/uploaded/files/3236/fortiwan-v4.2.5-release-notes.pdf

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
fortinet	fortiwan	`{"endIncluding":"4.2.4"}`

References

http://docs.fortinet.com/uploaded/files/3236/fortiwan-v4.2.5-release-notes.pdf
http://fortiguard.com/advisory/fortiwan-multiple-vulnerabilities
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92779
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/724487
http://docs.fortinet.com/uploaded/files/3236/fortiwan-v4.2.5-release-notes.pdf
http://fortiguard.com/advisory/fortiwan-multiple-vulnerabilities
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92779
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/724487

CWEs

CWE-200

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.