CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-37935

Use of GET Request Method With Sensitive Query Strings

Published: Oct 10, 2023 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A use of GET request method with sensitive query strings vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.0.0 - 7.0.12, 7.2.0 - 7.2.5 and 7.4.0 allows an attacker to view plaintext passwords of remote services such as RDP or VNC, if the attacker is able to read the GET requests to those services.

Weakness

The web application uses the HTTP GET method to process a request and includes sensitive information in the query string of that request.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Fortios Fortinet 7.0.0 (including) 7.0.12 (including)
Fortios Fortinet 7.2.0 (including) 7.2.5 (including)
Fortios Fortinet 7.4.0 (including) 7.4.0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References