CVE-2016-8491

9.1 criticalEPSS 1.5%

Critical (9.1) in fortinet fortiwlc. EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The presence of a hardcoded account named 'core' in Fortinet FortiWLC allows attackers to gain unauthorized read/write access via a remote shell.

Severity

9.1 critical

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 74% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-798
Published: 2017-02-01
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19