CVE•Published 2017-02-01•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2016-8491Fortinet · Fortiwlc
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.1
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
The presence of a hardcoded account named 'core' in Fortinet FortiWLC allows attackers to gain unauthorized read/write access via a remote shell.
Timeline
Published 2017-02-01
Modified 2026-05-13
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2016-8491Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2016-8491Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2016-8491Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2016-8491GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2016-8491" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.