What is CVE-2024-48887?

CVE-2024-48887 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiswitch, classified under CWE-620. CVSS score: 9.3/10. Published 2025-04-08.

How severe is CVE-2024-48887?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-48887 known to be exploited?

4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiswitch

CVE-2024-48887

A unverified password change vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSwitch GUI may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to change admin passwords via a specially crafted request

EPSS: 0.025 (85.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.3 (Critical). Vector: 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.

Affected products

Fortinet Fortiswitch — versions 7.6.0, 7.4.0, 7.2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-620

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-435

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-48887?: CVE-2024-48887 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiswitch, classified under CWE-620. CVSS score: 9.3/10. Published 2025-04-08.
How severe is CVE-2024-48887?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-48887 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.