9.8

CVE-2024-48887: fortinet fortiswitch Unverified Password Change

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalAnalyzed
Published 08-04-2025Last modified 26-02-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-48887 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Unverified Password Change vulnerability in fortinet fortiswitch. EPSS estimates a 15.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.8% 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
15.65%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 08-04-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 26-02-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

15.65%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

97%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 15.65% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
15.65%

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
  • fortiswitch≥ 7.4.0, ≤ 7.4.4 | ≥ 7.2.0, ≤ 7.2.8 | ≥ 7.0.0, ≤ 7.0.10 | ≥ 6.4.0, ≤ 6.4.14 | ≥ 6.4.0, < 6.4.15 | ≥ 7.0.0, < 7.0.11 | ≥ 7.2.0, < 7.2.9 | ≥ 7.4.0, < 7.4.5 | 7.6.0

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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