CVE-2024-48887
A unverified password change vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSwitch GUI may allow a remote...
A unverified password change vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSwitch GUI may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to change admin passwords via a specially crafted request
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
A unverified password change vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSwitch GUI may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to change admin passwords via a specially crafted request
- Record
CVE-2024-48887- CVSS 3.1
- 9.3 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-620
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-10266
A unverified password change vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSwitch GUI may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to change admin passwords via a specially crafted request
- Record
EUVD-2025-10266- CVSS 3.1
- 9.3 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w84w-59g8-pmg9
A unverified password change vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSwitch GUI may allow a remote...
A unverified password change vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSwitch GUI may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to change admin passwords via a specially crafted request
- Record
GHSA-w84w-59g8-pmg9- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-620
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A unverified password change vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSwitch GUI may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to change admin passwords via a specially crafted request
- Record
CVE-2024-48887- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-620
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | cybersecplayground/CVE-2024-48887-FortiSwitch-Exploit | 2025-04-09 |
| PoC in GitHub | groshi215/CVE-2024-48887-Exploit | 2025-04-10 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-48887 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Fortinet Fortiswitch, published April 8, 2025. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 15.7%, the 96th percentile. No source names a fixed version.