What is CVE-2019-6700?

CVE-2019-6700 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortisiem, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-01-07.

How severe is CVE-2019-6700?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Fortinet Fortisiem

CVE-2019-6700

An information exposure vulnerability in the external authentication profile form of FortiSIEM 5.2.2 and earlier may allow an authenticated attacker to retrieve the external authentication password via the HTML source code.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2020-01-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 57.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Fortinet Fortisiem
Fortinet Fortisiem — versions FortiSIEM 5.2.2 and earlier

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-19-100 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-6700?: CVE-2019-6700 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortisiem, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-01-07.
How severe is CVE-2019-6700?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.