VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2017-14189

critical
Published 2017-11-29 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
9.8

Description

An improper access control vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWebManager 5.8.0 allows anyone that can access the admin webUI to successfully log-in regardless the provided password.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@fortinet.com — https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-248

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
fortinetfortiweb_manager5.8.0

References

CWEs

CWE-521

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