What is CVE-2023-50181?

CVE-2023-50181 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiadc, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2024-07-09.

How severe is CVE-2023-50181?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiadc

CVE-2023-50181

An improper access control vulnerability [CWE-284] in Fortinet FortiADC version 7.4.0 through 7.4.1 and before 7.2.4 allows a read only authenticated attacker to perform some write actions via crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests.

Published 2024-07-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (24.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 24.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Fortinet Fortiadc — versions 7.4.0, 7.2.0, 7.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-469 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-50181?: CVE-2023-50181 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiadc, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2024-07-09.
How severe is CVE-2023-50181?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.