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CVE-2022-38375: fortinet fortinac Improper Authorization

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
Published 16-02-2023Last modified 23-10-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-38375 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Improper Authorization vulnerability in fortinet fortinac. EPSS estimates a 1.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.08%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 16-02-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 23-10-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An improper authorization vulnerability [CWE-285]  in Fortinet FortiNAC version 9.4.0 through 9.4.1 and before 9.2.6 allows an unauthenticated user to perform some administrative operations over the FortiNAC instance via crafted HTTP POST requests.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.08%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

65%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.08% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.08%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Fortinet2 products
  • fortinac≥ 9.4.0, ≤ 9.4.1 | ≥ 9.2.0, ≤ 9.2.6 | ≥ 9.2.0, < 9.2.7 | ≥ 9.4.0, < 9.4.2
  • fortinac-f< 7.2.0

1 vendor · 2 products

References

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