Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published May 8, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-17539

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.

Affected products

Fortinet/Fortiwlcllm-fuzzy
Range: <=7.0.11
Fortinet, Inc./FortiWLCv5
Range: 7.0.11 and earlier

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/104119nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-274nvdVendor Advisory

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