What is CVE-2016-7561?

CVE-2016-7561 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiwlc, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2016-10-05.

How severe is CVE-2016-7561?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Fortinet Fortiwlc

CVE-2016-7561

Fortinet FortiWLC 6.1-2-29 and earlier, 7.0-9-1, 7.0-10-0, 8.0-5-0, 8.1-2-0, and 8.2-4-0 allow administrators to obtain sensitive user credentials by reading the pam.log file.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2016-10-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 64.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Fortinet Fortiwlc — versions 7.0-9-1, 7.0-10-0, 8.0-5-0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-16-030 (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93282 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-7561?: CVE-2016-7561 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiwlc, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2016-10-05.
How severe is CVE-2016-7561?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.