What is CVE-2017-14185?

CVE-2017-14185 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-05-25.

How severe is CVE-2017-14185?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Fortinet Fortios

CVE-2017-14185

An Information Disclosure vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 5.6.0 to 5.6.2, 5.4.0 to 5.4.8 and 5.2 all versions allows SSL VPN web portal users to access internal FortiOS configuration information (eg:addresses) via specifically crafted URLs inside the SSL-VPN web portal.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2018-05-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (70.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 70.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Fortinet Fortios
Fortinet, Inc. Fortios — versions 5.2 all versions, 5.4.0 to 5.4.8, 5.6.0 to 5.6.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-231 (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/104288 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14185?: CVE-2017-14185 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-05-25.
How severe is CVE-2017-14185?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.