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CVE-2023-48784

A use of externally-controlled format string vulnerability [CWE-134] in FortiOS version 7.4.1 and below, version 7.2.7 and below, 7.0 all…

Description

A use of externally-controlled format string vulnerability [CWE-134] in FortiOS version 7.4.1 and below, version 7.2.7 and below, 7.0 all versions, 6.4 all versions command line interface may allow a local privileged attacker with super-admin profile and CLI access to execute arbitrary code or commands via specially crafted requests.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By fortinet

  2. · 5 months later

    Published

  3. · 4 months later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2023-48784, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
fortinetCNA (assigner)3.1Medium6.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
NVDNVD · Analyzed3.1Medium6.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.78% · top 44% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.

Affected products

  • Fortinet · FortiOS

    • affected 7.4.0 – ≤ 7.4.1
    • affected 7.2.0 – ≤ 7.2.7
    • affected 7.0.0 – ≤ 7.0.15
    • affected 6.4.0 – ≤ 6.4.15

What to do

Solution: Please upgrade to FortiOS version 7.4.2 or above Please upgrade to FortiOS version 7.2.8 or above

References

1

Sources

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