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CVE-2023-50176A session fixation vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.3, FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.7, FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.13 allows…
- 4.0MediumCVSS base score
- 0.43%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 62% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A session fixation vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.3, FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.7, FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.13 allows attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via phishing SAML authentication link.
Timeline
ID reserved
By fortinet
- 11 months later
· 11 months later
Published
- 22 months later
· 22 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
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| fortinetCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:X |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.43% · top 62% of all CVEs (13 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 4.0.
Affected products
What to do
Solution: Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.4.4 or above Upgrade to FortiOS version 7.2.8 or above
References
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2023-54998 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2023-50176)Record last updated .