Cleartext storage of sensitive information in FortiSIEM - CVE-2018-13378
Published: January 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU24128
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-13378
CWE-ID: CWE-312
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to admin portal of FortiSIEM stores the LDAP password for authentication in clear text in HTML source code. A remote authenticated attacker can obtain the password and use it to perform further attacks against network infrastructure.
Affected software
FortiSIEM
How to mitigate CVE-2018-13378
Install updates from vendor's website.
FortiSIEM - update to 5.2.1