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CVE-2016-7542

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 1.5%EU EUVD

A read-only administrator on Fortinet devices with FortiOS 5.2.x before 5.2.10 GA and 5.4.x before 5.4.2 GA may have access to read-write administrators password hashes (not including super-admins) stored on the appliance via the webui REST API, and may therefore be able to crack them.

Key facts

CVSS score
4.9 (v3.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-200
EPSS score
1.5% (74th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2016-8395)
Published
March 30, 2017
NVD last modified
June 17, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2016-8395 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on October 25, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • fortinet / fortios
  • fortinet / fortios
  • fortinet / fortios
  • fortinet / fortios
  • fortinet / fortios
  • fortinet / fortios
  • fortinet / fortios
  • fortinet / fortios
  • fortinet / fortios
  • fortinet / fortios
  • fortinet / fortios
  • fortinet / fortios

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

  • FortiOS 5.2 - Fortinet, Inc. - FIPS 140 2765 - historical

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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