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CVE-2024-48887

critical

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

References

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-fortiswitch-flaw-lets-hackers-change-admin-passwords-remotely/

https://securityaffairs.com/176380/security/fortinet-fortiswitch-flaw.html

https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/fortinet-urges-fortiswitch-upgrades-to.html

https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-435

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-04-08

Updated: 2025-04-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00091

Vulnerability Watch

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