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CVE-2023-48785: fortinet fortinac-f Improper Certificate Validation

CVSS: 4.8v3.1MediumAnalyzed
Published 14-03-2025Last modified 14-03-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-48785 is a medium (CVSS 4.8) Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in fortinet fortinac-f. EPSS estimates a 0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
19/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.8/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.17%
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. 14-03-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 14-03-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An improper certificate validation vulnerability [CWE-295] in FortiNAC-F version 7.2.4 and below may allow a remote and unauthenticated attacker to perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack on the HTTPS communication channel between the FortiOS device, an inventory, and FortiNAC-F.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.17%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

6%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.17% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.17%

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

Fortinet1 product
  • fortinac-f≥ 7.2.0, ≤ 7.2.4 | ≥ 7.2.0, < 7.2.5

1 vendor · 1 product

References

1 links