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CVE-2023-48784

MEDIUM
6.7
CVSS Score
Published: April 9, 2024 at 02:24 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:34 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFortiOS

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Severity
MEDIUM6.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

FortiOS· Fortinet
95%
6.4.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.4.156.4.0 ≤ v < 7.0.167.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.0.157.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.2.77.2.0 ≤ v < 7.2.87.4.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.4.17.4.0 ≤ v < 7.4.26.4.07.0.07.2.07.4.0
Affected range stops below 7.0.16, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 7.2.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 7.4.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-413

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.7MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-134

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