CVE-2016-8491 describes a critical vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWLC devices, stemming from a hardcoded 'core' account that grants remote attackers unauthorized read/write access via a shell. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction, leading to high confidentiality and integrity impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0-9-1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fortiwlc:7.0-9-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0-10-0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fortiwlc:7.0-10-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.1-2-0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fortiwlc:8.1-2-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.1-3-2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fortiwlc:8.1-3-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.2-4-0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:fortinet:fortiwlc:8.2-4-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.