A unverified password change vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSwitch GUI may allow a remote…
Priority MEDIUM 64CWE-620Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
A unverified password change vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSwitch GUI may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to change admin passwords via a specially crafted request
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.15651 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortinet | FortiSwitch | 7.6.0; 7.4.0 – 7.4.4; 7.2.0 – 7.2.8; 7.0.0 – 7.0.10; 6.4.0 – 6.4.14 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- FortiSwitch VendorFortinet Affected 7.6.0; 7.4.0 – 7.4.4; 7.2.0 – 7.2.8; 7.0.0 – 7.0.10; 6.4.0 – 6.4.14 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-48887
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w84w-59g8-pmg9
References
More Fortinet Fortiswitch vulnerabilities
- TI-2016-05932 Buffer overflow in the Cookie parser in Fortinet FortiOS 4.x before 4.1.11, 4.2.x before… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-10911 A buffer underwrite ('buffer underflow') vulnerability in the administrative interface of… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2023-19369 Hard-coded credentials in Fortinet FortiSwitch CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-03938 Fortinet FortiSwitch FSW-108D-POE, FSW-124D, FSW-124D-POE, FSW-224D-POE, FSW-224D-FPOE… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-13179 Uncontrolled resource consumption in Fortinet FortiSwitch CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2022-10503 Cross-site request forgery in Fortinet FortiVoice CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-48887 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-48887 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w84w-59g8-pmg9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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