CVE-2017-17539

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2017-17539 · Published 08/05/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-17539 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting fortiwlc (fortinet).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.0%, higher than 80.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
fortiwlc fortinet	`≥ 7.0, ≤ 7.0.11≥ 8.0, ≤ 8.3.3`	No fix yet

Description

The presence of a hardcoded account in Fortinet FortiWLC 7.0.11 and earlier allows attackers to gain unauthorized read/write access via a remote shell.

References

securityfocus.com/bid/104119 · Third Party Advisory
fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-274 · Vendor Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

fortiwlc

fortinet

≥ 7.0, ≤ 7.0.11≥ 8.0, ≤ 8.3.3

No fix yet

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