CVE-2024-48887: A unverified password change vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSwitch GUI may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to change admin passwords via a...

9.3 CVSS

Description

A unverified password change vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSwitch GUI may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to change admin passwords via a specially crafted request

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-48887

CVSS Base Severity: CRITICAL

CVSS Base Score: 9.3

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:C

Problem Types

Escalation of privilege

Affected Products

Vendor: Fortinet

Product: FortiSwitch

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.09% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 26.28% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-18 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-48887
https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-435

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