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Vulnerability record · CVE-2021-32588 · published 18 August 2021

CVE-2021-32588: Fortinet fortiportal hard-coded credentials vulnerability

Fortinet · Fortiportal

A use of hard-coded credentials (CWE-798) vulnerability in FortiPortal versions 5.2.5 and below, 5.3.5 and below, 6.0.4 and below, versions 5.1.x and 5.0.x may allow a remote and unauthenticated attacker to execute unauthorized commands as root by uploading and deploying malicious web application archive files using the default hard-coded Tomcat Manager username and password.

9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 3.3% · top 11.8% CWE-798 · Hard-coded credentials
9.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 10.0
3.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

A use of hard-coded credentials (CWE-798) vulnerability in FortiPortal versions 5.2.5 and below, 5.3.5 and below, 6.0.4 and below, versions 5.1.x and 5.0.x may allow a remote and unauthenticated attacker to execute unauthorized commands as root by uploading and deploying malicious web application archive files using the default hard-coded Tomcat Manager username and password.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-077 Third Party Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-077 Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2021-32588), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.